Tahoe bears carrying unknown disease exhibit fearlessness
A new disease is causing strange behavior in young black bears in California and Nevada. Videos and other reports have appeared around Lake Tahoe and in California ...
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Database lays out diets of the world’s carnivores
What does a red fox eat? What about a dhole? A hyena? A stoat? PhD students at the University of Sussex in the UK have assembled research into the diets of ...
Invasive species cost humans billions a year
Invasive species have been on the rise around the world over the last decade, and so has the amount of money lost to them. In addition to the ecological problems ...
Watch: Restoring an American icon
The American chestnut was once a common and abundant tree species that occupied 200 million acres in the eastern hardwood forests of North America and provided ...
A win-win for farmers and wildlife?
Researchers are proposing what they hope will be a mutually beneficial solution both for low-income farmers in developing countries who are trying to protect their ...
New USGS plan focuses on wildfire
With recent wildfire seasons being particularly damaging, the U.S. Geological Survey has developed a new five-year science strategy designed to help minimize ...
Zebra mussels found in aquarium supplies
Invasive zebra mussels have been discovered in moss balls sold in pet supply stores in North Dakota, prompting state agencies to institute a quarantine on the ...
Watch: Texas freeze was tough on bats
The deep freeze in Texas affected a lot of species, including bats. Across the state, residents, biologists and park employees have discovered dead bats under ...
Toxic bacteria on invasive plants may be behind bald eagle deaths
Toxic bacteria that grows on invasive plants in the southern U.S. may be responsible for mysterious eagle deaths. Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) have been ...