Geographical Location: Western

May 27, 2022

Watch: Salamanders glide atop the world’s tallest trees

Not all salamanders live under rocks or in the water. California hosts a species that lives in the crowns of redwoods—the world’s tallest trees—and although it’s called the wandering salamander...

May 24, 2022

Arroyo toads are disappearing from former range

Arroyo toads’ have seemingly weathered long-term drought in California, but the desert specialists are still disappearing from some of their former wetland breeding sites. The arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) is...

May 23, 2022

Researchers call for a holistic approach to conserving whales

Efforts to save whales on the West Coast often focus on individual stressors—things like entanglements in fishing gear or vessel strikes. But since humans pose multiple threats to whales, researchers...

May 19, 2022

WSB: Extensive measures required to save Hawaiian birds from extinction

Mosquito control and captive breeding may be the only ways to save two Hawaiian bird species hurtling toward extinction on the island of Kauai. Only a few dozen ‘akikiki (Oreomystis...

May 5, 2022

Tribe’s dataset aids in estimating fishers

Fishers are not the easiest mammals to keep tabs on. But in Northern California, the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s wildlife division has been capturing and studying them since 2005, creating one...

April 29, 2022

Watch: How did the wildlife cross the road?

Arizona Game and Fish biologists and road ecologists have been working with the Arizona Department of Transportation and other agencies across the country, advising them on how to build wildlife...

April 27, 2022

In California, wolves meet a wary public

As wolves make their way back to California, wildlife managers find themselves encountering plenty of rumor and suspicion. Many wolf critics suspect the California Department of Fish and Wildlife is...

April 22, 2022

USFWS updates Mexican wolf recovery plan

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a court-ordered draft revision to its 2017 Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan, providing measures aimed at reducing human-caused mortality like poaching and vehicle...

April 21, 2022

Specific reintroduction factors lead to Chiricahua leopard frog success

By the 1980s, more than 80% of populations of Chiricahua leopard frogs in Arizona and New Mexico had disappeared. The amphibians faced habitat loss, predation by invasive fish like bass...

April 20, 2022

California readies for massive wildlife crossing

California plans to break ground on April 22—Earth Day—for what it’s calling the world’s largest wildlife crossing. The bridge will cross 10 lanes of Highway 101 and a feeder road...