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On a warm afternoon in May 2021, a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation fish stocking truck pulled up to the shore of Lake Ontario and began releasing its...

Over 200 years ago, the Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) swam along the coasts of the northern Pacific, consuming massive amounts of kelp and seaweed. “These animals are very voracious...

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. When I first started my PhD in Texas, I was told by a...

Graduate students at Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment have turned their love of wildlife into a project to turn young people on to conservation. They created the...

Zebra stripes have long amazed the public and researchers alike. What role could black and white stripes possibly serve an animal on the African savannah? One benefit seems pretty clear,...

Coming across a Northern pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) is a pretty rare event, so it’s easy to understand wildlife enthusiast Christian Cave’s excitement when he came across one in southern...

Avoid tokenism. Be collaborative. Those are some of the suggestions Colombian biologist Dolors Armenteras offers for scientific partnerships involving researchers from both high- and low-income nations. “Imbalances can result in...

Participants in an international conference on wildlife trade agreed to new protections for more than 500 species of animals and plants. The new species listed by the parties to the...

Alaska wildlife officials have euthanized a black bear (Ursus americanus) cub after it became ill with avian flu. Officials believe the bear likely ate a bird that died from the...

California’s Dungeness crab season will be delayed for the fourth year in a row to protect humpback whales. The whales can become trapped in the lines attached to commercial crab...