Area of Focus: Conservation and Management Arenas

July 18, 2024

Climate poses greatest threat to North American birds

Specialist birds are at an elevated risk

July 18, 2024

Isolated turtle population receives federal listing

The Pearl River map turtle will receive a threatened listing under the Endangered Species Act

July 16, 2024

USFWS plans to cull 450,000 barred owls to help native species

Project aims to stymie loss of California and northern spotted owls

July 15, 2024

Elephants receive first of its kind vaccine

A female 40-year-old received an mRNA vaccine against a herpesvirus

July 8, 2024

For translocated Florida tortoises, survival is troublingly low

Turtles moved from faraway sites actually survive better than those moved short distances

July 8, 2024

IUCN adds 1,000 species to extinction endangered list

The international organization shares conservation successes and failures in the 60th year of the Red List of Threatened Species

July 3, 2024

JWM: Indigenous knowledge informs Alaska wolf listing

Alaska Indigenous people have lived alongside wolves for centuries

July 3, 2024

Impacts of white-nose syndrome expand among Texas bats

Biologists note first Texas case in tricolored bats

July 2, 2024

Hudson Bay polar bears may not survive climate change

More ice-free days may eliminate these populations

July 2, 2024

Protecting key areas could stave off extinction crisis

Most areas are in the tropics