Bornean orangutan listed as critically endangered
The latest assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature has designated the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) as critically endangered, recognizing the failure of conservation efforts to establish a...
Cougar question has possible ESA implications
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed the delisting of the Eastern puma, an extinct cougar subspecies. While reviewing the proposal, scientists have suggested that there may have never...
Canadian government lists Algonquin wolf as threatened species
This June, Canada changed the status of the Algonquin wolf from “species of special concern” to “threatened”, increasing government protection for the fewer than 500 Algonquin wolves that currently live...
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“Story map” tells the tale of a deadly bat disease
A devastating fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) is spreading among hibernating bats, leaving carnage and barren caves in its wake. Now, people can learn about the disease and...
New rules to prevent CWD in Texas
In an effort to control chronic wasting disease — a fatal and contagious neurological condition that affects deer — Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners recently adopted new rules to regulate...
Wetland bees in the spotlight
Although Pollinator Week just ended, bees in Arkansas are still going strong, and so is an ambitious research project documenting them, the University of Arkansas’s Research Frontiers blog reports. TWS...
Florida black bear hunt canceled for 2016
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently voted to hold off on this year’s black bear hunt. Last year, the state’s first bear hunt in 21 years — as...
Grasslands in peril in the Midwest
North Dakota has enjoyed a booming economy in the past decade, but it has paid for that growth with vast stretches of ecologically rich grasslands, The Washington Post reports. The...
Judge blocks USFWS from endangered wolf release
A federal judge has blocked U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from releasing Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) into New Mexico without first acquiring permits from the state. The injunction, which...
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