Oklahoma wildlife agency wins Diversity Award
Getting inner city children interested in fishing and the great outdoors sometimes just requires the right bait. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s bait wasn’t worms or insects, but NBA...
Wild Cam: Spy gear reveals spotted owl habits
Climbing trees to spy on owls, researchers are gaining some insight into the birds’ nocturnal lives. California spotted owls (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) have been declining by about 2% per year,...
Wild deer contract coronavirus
Deer are contracting the novel coronavirus in the wild, according to a recent USDA-APHIS study in preprint. Researchers found antibodies to SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans—in 40% of...
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Helping Texas kangaroo rats and livestock coexist
Little is known about how the Texas kangaroo rat uses the landscape, but that could be critical information for conserving the species, which is on the state list of threatened...
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem inspires wildlife students
Eighteen TWS students, along with their professional instructors, were determined not to let the pandemic derail another potentially life-changing event. The crew of 24 landed in Salt Lake City in...
Saltier water affects survival of Everglades crocs
The Everglades are home to North America’s only population of crocodiles, but the increased saltiness of the water in some areas has slowed their growth and negatively affected their body...
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WSB: Evaluating the needs of breeding grebes in Utah
Every fall, thousands of eared grebes stop along the Great Salt Lake to feed on brine shrimp, which provides nutrients to carry them through a long journey southward to the...
Human scent could bias bird research
An old urban legend teaches us not to put a fallen chick back into its nest because the mother may reject the young bird that now has human scent on...
Squirrels use acrobatic moves to navigate branches
Squirrels use a combination of brains and agility to stick landings and avoid falling when navigating across narrow branches on treetops. Researchers published a study on fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)...
