Wild pigs’ climate impact amounts to 1 million cars
Wild pigs aren’t just destructive to property and the landscape. They may also contribute to climate change. By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs release about ...
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Insects shed ‘gypsy’ from their names
The Entomological Society of America no longer recognizes “gypsy moth” and “gypsy ant” as common names for the two insect species, saying the names contain ...
Watch: Biologists study bald eagles on Colo.’s busy Front Range
In the 1970s, the pesticide DDT had decimated bald eagle populations in Colorado. Only one to four nests existed statewide, and none on the densely populated Front ...
Whooping crane efforts resume after COVID cutbacks
Efforts to restore endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) to the wild have resumed after COVID-19 precautions brought the program nearly to a halt. Fourteen ...
Florida sees record number of manatee deaths
Starvation has driven a record number of manatee deaths in Florida in the first half of 2021. In the past six months, 841 West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) ...
Detecting birds amidst the smoke
Community scientists are having a difficult time observing even the most common birds amidst the smoke from wildfires on the West Coast. A team of scientists ...
Watch: How do birds use Earth’s magnetic field?
A protein inside songbirds’ eyes makes them sensitive to magnetic fields, researchers have confirmed, which may play a role in how the animals navigate. ...
Amazon eagles lose habitat to deforestation
Intense deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is pushing one of the world’s largest eagles to the brink of extinction in Brazil. The Amazon eagle (Harpia ...
Officials remove hundreds of gators from Disney
Wildlife officials with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and private trappers have removed 250 alligators from Disney properties in central Florida ...