To quiet your mind, listen to the birds
Hearing birds singing, and sometimes perceiving high biodiversity, may increase people’s well-being. Past research had looked at human connections to nature in artificial ...
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Energy development in Alaska reserves moves forward
The Bureau of Land Management officially opened more of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and gas development earlier this month, releasing the final ...
USFWS finalizes cormorant management rule
A new special permit will allow state and federally recognized tribal wildlife agencies in the contiguous United States to lethally control cormorants. In late ...
Wolf expansion in Wyoming curtails puma population
It was February 1999, and a pack of five wolves had just made their way into the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming. The new pack, which had moved south from ...
Genetic diversity helps predict tortoise translocation success
When scientists reintroduce animals to augment populations, they often take individuals from areas close to the reintroduction site. “There’s this idea to not ...
WSB: Community scientists help researchers survey frogs
For years, many believed the mute coqui, a small endangered frog endemic to the Virgin Islands, was aptly named. On an island full of chirping tree frog species ...
WWF outlines drone guidelines for conservation
Being precautionary, following ethical rules set by institutions and using the right drone for the job are among some of the “best practice” guidelines the ...
Massive murre die-offs mirrored by reproductive failure
Murre colonies that experienced die-offs in the Bering and Chukschi seas off the coast of Alaska in 2018 also experienced reproductive failure. “The majority of ...
Wild Cam: Unearthing bilbies’ benefits
Bilbies may look like rabbits, but that’s where the similarity ends. In Australia, where the marsupials are native, the government has spent enormous amounts of ...