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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

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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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88 Results for Disease
May 2, 2023

White-nose syndrome discovered in Colorado

A Yuma bat became the first bat in the state to test positive for the deadly disease

April 26, 2023

Unusual outbreak raises questions about SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife

Researchers believe an animal infected mink in Poland with an old strain of the virus

April 18, 2023

Report: Nearly half of North American bat species face steep declines

The State of the Bats in North America report documents threats facing bats across the continent

April 17, 2023

Avian influenza linked to seal die-off

Highly pathogenic H5N1 turned up among hundreds of dead seals in Maine

April 12, 2023

Fungus that causes white-nose syndrome found in British Columbia

Officials are now keeping an eye out for signs of the disease in bats

April 11, 2023

Avian flu responsible for three condor deaths

Other condors await testing for the deadly virus

March 28, 2023

Avian flu found in Texas skunk

It’s the first mammal in the state known to have contracted the virus

March 17, 2023

Culling vampire bats may exacerbate rabies spread

Research on rabies management in South America reveals the shortcomings of some techniques

March 16, 2023

Plastic ingestion leads to disease in seabirds

Plasticosis can cause scarring in digestive tracts