Area of Focus: Species Taxon

April 8, 2024

Could a virus end an amphibian pandemic?

Researchers found a virus that attacks a fungus that has devasted amphibians around the world

April 4, 2024

Texas dairy worker contracts bird flu

It’s the second known U.S. case of avian influenza affecting people

April 4, 2024

Watch: Alaska to use robot dog to keep wildlife off runways

Officials are testing the robot at Fairbanks International Airport

April 3, 2024

Raptors prey on prairie dogs in the winter

Prairie dogs are a reliable food source, but plague is making them less consistent

April 2, 2024

Will grizzlies and ‘grolar bears’ reduce caribou?

Northwest Territories hunters and biologists are seeing more grizzlies and hybrids

April 2, 2024

Old whitebark pines critical for Clark’s nutcracker presence

Researcher reveals that blister rust fungal pathogen may have a trickledown effect on bird populations

April 1, 2024

Researchers say two killer whale groups are different species

Resident and transient killer whales overlap but don’t mix

April 1, 2024

Predation by lizards affects resource movement

Anoles redistribute oceanic carbon on land when larger predators are absent

March 29, 2024

Little brown bats found with white-nose syndrome in Colorado

It’s the second bat species in the state known to have contracted the disease

March 28, 2024

Bird flu is killing seals around the world

Scientists believe the mammals are contracting the virus from affected seabirds