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October 12, 2016

Court orders injunction on harming, killing red wolves

On Sept. 28, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop authorizing the harassment or killing of endangered red wolves (Canis rufus) without proof the wolf...

October 11, 2016

Celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week

From Oct 9-15, National Wildlife Refuge Week will help members of the public celebrate the wonders of the world through wildlife refuges. As part of this U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

October 7, 2016

Burmese pythons breeding in the Florida Keys

For the average person, finding a giant invasive snake might sound worse than finding a small one. But the opposite is true on Key Largo in Florida, where locals and...

October 7, 2016

The varroa mite invasion and its aftermath

Many investors will remember 1987 as the year the stock market fell nearly 23 percent in a single day. The crash was so sudden and precipitous that it is forever...

October 6, 2016

Endangered ferrets thrive in their ancestral home

This past September in Meeteetse, Wyoming, biologists panned spotlights over a moonlit prairie dog town. Each flash of emerald eyeshine marked a captive-bred ferret living wild in its ancestral home. “Once...

October 4, 2016

Nominations open for Natural Resources Leadership Award

Nominations are now open for the 2017 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources, presented by the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Climate Adaptation Strategy’s Joint Implementation Working Group. With...

September 29, 2016

With age comes knowledge for whooping cranes

It’s not only people who can learn from their elders, but also whooping cranes that tend to follow older generations’ overwintering behaviors, according to new research. As part of a...

September 28, 2016

USFWS proposes bumblebee protection

On Sept. 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a rule listing the rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.This is the first time...

September 28, 2016

The good bacteria are in the flowers

Flowers might be a hot spot for transmission of bacteria to bees, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, according to recent research. As part of a study published in...

September 27, 2016

Field Trip: Behind the scenes with 20,000 mammal specimens

Still thinking about a field trip during the 2016 TWS Annual Conference? Here’s your chance to gain an in-depth experience at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Conference Quick...