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Retired wildlife leaders decry firings as ‘existential threat’

Former leaders warn that firings will cause widespread and long-lasting consequences for wildlife management across North America

Read Now March 14, 2025
March 21, 2025

JWM: To keep sea otters safe, stay away

Southern sea otters need to conserve energy but boats can interfere with that need

March 21, 2025

Hummingbird chicks mimic poisonous caterpillar

White-necked Jacobin hatchlings look and move like poisonous caterpillars, potentially warding off predators

March 20, 2025

NEPA loses its regs

Recently, the Council on Environmental Quality posted an interim final rule removing existing regulations for implementing NEPA

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January 31, 2025

TWS2024: Tegu lures don’t attract bycatch

Certain smells may attract tegus, but they don’t bring in raccoons and other native mammals

January 27, 2025

JWM: Trail cameras can lure predators to nests

Researchers’ efforts to observe natural behavior may skew predator-prey dynamics

January 24, 2025

Q&A: A new metric to improve 5-year species status reviews

Nonprofits and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service collaborate to build better conservation plans

January 22, 2025

Wild Cam: Lack of water drives key deer toward domestication

Wildlife managers may need to create artificial water sources to avoid extirpation in some areas

January 13, 2025

JWM: Pacific walrus harvest sustainable for foreseeable future

Populations remain healthy under most future climate and development projections

January 7, 2025

Hook-headed parasite may be killing island foxes

Intestinal worm could complicate recent recovery, especially during drought

December 19, 2024

Wild Cam: As snow decreases, wolf stomachs rumble

Lower snow levels in Minnesota winters means fewer vulnerable deer for packs to prey on

December 16, 2024

JWM: Caribou adjust their migrations in response to snow

GPS tracking data reveals how the northern ungulates adapt to changing weather patterns every year

December 12, 2024

Trail cameras detect species better than soil eDNA  

But environmental DNA can sometimes catch things that cameras missed