Area of Focus: Species Taxon

August 19, 2024

WSB: To save kestrels from airstrikes, translocate them

Moving the small raptors 15 miles away from airports was usually enough to ensure they don’t return to dangerous areas

August 15, 2024

Joseph Richards wins Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Scholarship

Richards is focusing his graduate research on invertebrate forage availability for Rio Grande wild turkeys in Texas

August 14, 2024

WM: Burros are changing desert ecosystems

Native plants and small mammals may be losing key habitat features due to grazing donkeys

August 14, 2024

Committee set to discuss sandhill crane management in Wisconsin

A 12-member study committee on sandhill cranes will discuss population management

August 12, 2024

Alaska curtails bison hunt after dozens drown in pond

Thin ice may have been the culprit

August 8, 2024

Avian detectives work to prevent aircraft bird strikes

The Smithsonian Institution’s Feather ID Lab identifies bird species involved in aircraft collisions

August 7, 2024

Do golf courses help rabies spread in Arizona?

Researchers wondered if artificial ponds there attracted species that host the virus

August 5, 2024

Wolf influx on Isle Royale only temporarily affects mesocarnivores

Foxes and martens changed their range and behavior after wolves moved back into Isle Royale

August 1, 2024

CWD affects movement, behavior of deer

Researchers can track patterns to identify infected deer on the landscape

July 31, 2024

Gray whales off the Pacific Northwest are shrinking

Researchers worry it’s an “early warning sign” that the population is in jeopardy