Banned pesticide blamed in 19 bald eagle deaths
Maryland officials are cracking down on the use of a banned pesticide believed to have killed at least 19 bald eagles in the state since 2016. The state’s Agriculture ...
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Bobcat hunting, trapping to continue in Colorado
Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners have voted down a citizen petition that would have outlawed the hunting and trapping of bobcats (Lynx rufus). State ...
Women’s prison helps butterflies fly free
This March, a program where incarcerated women help caterpillars metamorphose into Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies (Euphydryas editha taylori), helped raise 476 ...
Watch: Female serpents sacrifice it all for sea turtle eggs
Taiwanese snakes will risk a lot for fresh turtle eggs. Female Formosa kukri snakes (Oligodon formosanus) feed almost entirely on reptile eggs, but they have a ...
Federal grants awarded for big game corridors
The Interior Department has awarded $2.1 million in grants to state and local partners in six Western states for habitat conservation activities in big game ...
Red-shouldered hawks may have a taste for crabs
For the first time, scientists have reported a red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) appearing to prey on a ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata). This is the first time the ...
Bearded seals reproduce more despite climate change
Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) mothers are producing more pups, which then go on to mature at younger ages. According to a new project, which drew from ...
1 million species threatened with extinction, report finds
About 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction around the world, according to a new United Nations report, and the rate of extinctions ...
Watch: River dolphins produce hundreds of sounds
Brazil’s Araguaian river dolphins (Inia araguaiaensis) are normally hard to find and study. But researchers from the University of Vermont and University of St. ...