Area of Focus: Species Taxon

Melissa Groo and Erika Coover are being honored for their work

Alligators eat more spiders and insects than their non-golf course counterparts

Fishing boats and North Pacific right whales must share the narrow Bering Strait

The Ottawa turtles will likely reach “quasi-extinction” in the next decade

A team of “Croc Docs” have been working to eradicate the species

It would also increase flexibility for wildlife managers, and encourage greater cooperation between managers and landowners

Urban males defend their territories and take care of their chicks

With no shade, the birds can’t keep cool

The Wyoming Toad Conservation Area and Tennessee’s Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge are the newest additions

Denning is a vulnerable time for polar bears