For North Dakota bats, dwindling wetlands are crucial
Under the best of circumstances, bats can be tricky to study. In North Dakota, where caves are few and bats may roost wherever they can find a rocky crevice, it can ...
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Q&A: Kristin Winchell on why urban ecology matters
Cities are growing in some parts of the world at an extraordinary rate, swallowing up swaths of formerly wild habitat. But as these urban environments become the ...
WSB: Marksmen outperform hunters eliminating infected herd
Chronic wasting disease has mostly affected North American wildlife, but when it appeared among reindeer in Norway in 2016, authorities took drastic action. ...
Senate committee approves LWCF bill, Interior nomination
As Congress prepares for the upcoming Thanksgiving recess, the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee made several important decisions including ...
Bison don’t surf – they make waves
Bison aren’t simply grazing as they move across the meadows of Yellowstone National Park. They are engineering the environment, manipulating the forage on the ...
Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act introduced
Last week, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. and Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., introduced the Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019 (S. 2891/H.R. 5179), which would support ...
Who knew ferrets could fly?
The next time you fly through Denver, keep a watch for Wellington, the newest Airbus 320 in Frontier Airline’s fleet. You’ll recognize it by the 38-foot high, ...
Caribou migrate a long way — but wolves travel even farther
In the battle between wolf and caribou, who wins? This isn’t a battle for survival. This is bragging rights for long-distance travel. Researchers set out to ...
Vehicle strikes, rodenticide cause L.A. puma deaths
Humans are the main reason for adult mountain lion deaths in a struggling population living on the fringes of California’s largest city over the last two decades. ...
Hurricanes blow bats off regular habits for months
Species in areas affected by hurricanes are often seen to co-evolve with the disruption to the landscape, but that doesn’t mean they’re not affected by them. ...