Humpback whales sing differently each year
Humpback whales make different types of sound every year to communicate with each other. That may make life more complicated for the whales, but it could also affect ...
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Wildlife repellent trialed at U.S. airports
Since the beginning of aviation, wildlife strikes—and bird strikes in particular—have posed a hazard to human health and safety. Unfortunately, the potential ...
Birds congregate in riparian areas in dry years
When Monte Neate-Clegg was a graduate student managing bird banding stations in riparian areas in Utah, he noticed a lot of fluctuation in the number of birds ...
USFWS reinforces wolf protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently reinforced red wolf protections by withdrawing a proposed rule that would have limited the species’ protection under ...
Mountaintop removal heightens water toxicity
Mountaintop removal mining, a coal mining technique commonly used in the Appalachian Mountains, can result in water quality levels that are toxic to aquatic ...
By cleaning up carcasses, hyenas also reduce disease
Hyenas aren’t the most popular species, but in one Ethiopian town, they may be reducing the spread of diseases from dead animals to people and livestock. When ...
TWS2021: Disease, predation causing Appalachian spotted skunk decline
The Appalachian subspecies of the eastern spotted skunk is facing large declines, likely due to a combination of predation and canine distemper, a disease fatal to ...
TWS2021: Even rural squirrels consume plastic
With COVID-19 regulations resulting in a greater use of disposable masks and gloves, students were noticing an increase in plastic showing up in trashcans on ...
Climate change affects pikas even in unlikely areas
Climate change is driving American pikas upslope throughout much of their range. That appears to be true even in the Northern Rockies, where researchers thought ...