Removing barred owls aids northern spotted owl recovery
Throughout the Pacific Northwest, federally threatened northern spotted owls have faced growing competition from invasive barred owls, which have moved into their range. By removing the invaders, researchers found, they...
WSB: Veterinary drugs can help field biologists
Wildlife biologists in the field could use drugs that veterinarians often use to anaesthetize animals. According to new research on invasive Indian mongooses (Urva auropunctata) in the Caribbean, Alfaxalone, an...
Watch: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge fights sea level rise
Staff at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge see the effects of climate change right in front of them in the form of sea level rise. Eventually, they know that if nothing...
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Noise and light have compounding impact on birds
Birds tend to stay away from people’s backyard when it’s noisy—and even more when there’s also artificial light around. People use feeders in their backyards to develop a closer connection...
Wildlife Vocalizations: Murry Burgess
Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. The wind beat my face as the skiff skipped across the lagoon. The...
New COVID strain found in British horseshoe bat
Researchers have detected a new coronavirus strain, related to the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans, in a horseshoe bat in England. Scientists sampled fecal samples for viruses from 50...
IUCN unveils Green Status to gauge recovery success
The International Union for Conservation of Species has created a new Green Status of Species, intended to measure how close a species is to being fully ecologically functional and how...
Mysterious bird blindness cases drop in D.C. area
A mysterious but deadly disease that causes blindness in blue jays, grackles, starlings and other birds in the Washington, D.C. area and nearby states is disappearing just as fast as...
USFWS proposes designating critical habitat for threatened birds
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released proposals designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for two threatened bird species earlier this month. Under a proposal rule published July 20,...
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