Wildlife Services to review predator management methods in Wyoming
Under the terms of a recent court settlement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services agreed to conduct an environmental analysis of its predator damage ...
Conservation News
Do introduced bighorns never learn to migrate?
While bighorn sheep restoration became common after the species faced population declines in the 1900s, researcher recently found that restored populations differ ...
Senate committee advances bill funding wildlife crossings
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously advanced the America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (S. 2302) on July 30. The bill, which ...
Refuge supporters challenge administration on road through Izembek
The National Wildlife Refuge Association and partners filed suit in federal district court against the administration after Secretary of the Interior David ...
Safari-goers help conservationists through a camera lens
Wildlife biologist Kasim Rafiq was studying the behavior and space use of leopards in Botswana in order to find out how they were interacting with other carnivores. ...
For rebounding woodpecker, success depends on humans
For millennia, fire helped red-cockaded woodpeckers thrive in the South’s longleaf pine forests. The flames cleared the forest understory that predators could use ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces grants for neotropical birds
Federal funds as well as matching partner funds from the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act will provide more than $20 to conservation projects, the U.S. ...
Court decision puts grizzly bears back on ESA list
Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Greater Yellowstone Area are formally back on the Endangered Species Act list after a court order was issued in ...
Florida panther population grows, but gene flow still a concern
Efforts to bolster the only existing population of Florida panthers have been largely successful, but genetic health of the animals will likely remain a concern due ...