Raptors have high prevalence of cat parasite
Raptors in the U.S. have a high prevalence of a parasite found widely in cats that can also cause disease in infected humans. According to new research, carnivorous birds ...
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WSB: Tracking feral swine sounders
Researchers are determined to learn as much as they can about feral pigs’ group dynamics by developing special tools to track dozens of individuals at a time. ...
Wild Cam: Solving the hatchling sea turtle mystery
Small satellite tags glued onto green sea turtle hatchlings are revealing where the reptiles go immediately after they leave the beaches of central Florida. The ...
JWM: Hog-nosed snakes need sandy dunes for nesting
Saying eastern hog-nosed snakes are a little prickly is probably an understatement. When Laura Robson, a master’s student at the University of Ottawa at the time, ...
Successful translocations produce intended ecological results
Translocations have overwhelmingly produced the types of results that wildlife managers intended, according to a new review. Whether it’s bighorn sheep (Ovis ...
Weed-killing ingredient may drown bees
A chemical included in many common herbicides used around the world could suffocate and kill bumblebees. Edward Straw first read about the possibility that ...