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Birds avoid spotted lanternflies fed on invasive plants

Spotted lanternflies that feed on the tree of heaven are unpalatable to birds

Read Now November 24, 2025
December 5, 2025

LISTEN: The North Carolina black bear revival

The comeback, struggles and surprising lives of black bears in North Carolina

December 5, 2025

Avian flu cuts through elephant seal numbers

Virus may have caused loss of 50% of breeding females

December 4, 2025

Politics shift the semantics of climate change

A recent UN report says the world is headed toward an escalation of climate damages, while politics muddle climate science in the US.

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August 5, 2025

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ could threaten fragile ecosystem

Historic conservation battleground sees renewed legal fight over detention facility

August 4, 2025

New director confirmed for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Senate votes and confirms Brian Nesvik in a 54-43 vote as director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

July 25, 2025

What my first fly-in to DC taught me as a scientist

A call for connection, teamwork and collective action when addressing the challenges facing wildlife and fisheries

July 22, 2025

EPA shuts down key scientific office

Concern rises over the closing and reorganization of the EPA’s key office related to the effects of pollution on wildlife and ecosystem

July 21, 2025

House committees meet on environmental policy

Congressional hearings focused on federal resource management agencies, endangered species policy, pollution and conservation funding

July 11, 2025

Supreme Court rules federal agencies may resume staff layoffs

With just one dissenter, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a previous appeal preventing a mass reduction in force

June 25, 2025

Public land sales return for an encore

Conservationists renew their efforts to ensure public land sales remain excluded from the 'Big Beautiful Bill'

June 12, 2025

USFWS seeks comment on endangered species regulations

The Service is asking for public input on how to improve conservation agreements and incidental take permitting

June 10, 2025

Another screwworm incursion inevitable, experts warn

Parasitic fly larvae that feed on open wounds of mammals and birds could have devastating impacts on wildlife and cattle in the southwest