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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
April 18, 2025

TWS2024: Invasive cedar impedes Galapagos tortoise migration

Giant reptiles navigate around toxic forests during their seasonal movements

April 18, 2025

Watch: Elephants huddle protectively as earthquake rumbles

A video in San Diego Zoo Safari Park captured the behavior of five African savanna elephants

April 17, 2025

Alaska predator control deemed unconstitutional

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game killed about 200 bears to boost a struggling caribou herd

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September 19, 2023

USDA grant explores COVID virus in wildlife

Researchers will test 58 species to monitor the potential for spillback to humans

August 28, 2023

White-nose syndrome takes a toll on Texas bats

The deadly disease was first detected in the state in 2020

August 25, 2023

Yellowstone lays out bison management options

The park is revising how to handle bison that roam outside its boundaries

August 17, 2023

Implant under way to improve koala vaccines

The method is being designed to replace the current two-shot approach

August 2, 2023

Texas rule targets movement of breeder deer

The action follows CWD detections at breeding facilities

July 17, 2023

Ticks might be spreading CWD

A study of deer in Wisconsin reveals how the prion disease may move between hosts

July 10, 2023

A looming fungal disease poses a major threat to North American salamanders

The pathogen Bsal could cause declines in 140 species

July 5, 2023

Rabid moose found in Alaska 

It’s the first documented case of rabies in a moose on the continent

June 29, 2023

Skin disease on rise in endangered killer whale population

Researchers worry it points to underlying health problems in the struggling population