Foundation for America’s Public Lands launched
The U.S. Department of the Interior launched a new, independent foundation that will work with the Bureau of Land Management as well as public and private partners to help improve...
190-year-old is the oldest tortoise ever
The oldest living land animal now has a new title—the oldest tortoise ever known. Nicknamed Jonathan, the Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa) is believed to have been born in...
Maybe groundhogs aren’t as solitary as we thought
On Groundhog Day, all eyes are on one particular groundhog. But groundhogs, it seems, are not so solitary. Researching groundhogs in Maine, Christine Maher, a behavioral ecologist at the University...
Wildlife Vocalizations: Gabriela Palomo-Munoz
Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. Growing up in Guatemala, I remember getting excited reading about jaguars or leopards...
Human presence keeps armadillos up at night
Proximity to humans may be turning armadillos into night owls. Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus)—the only armadillo species found in the United States—are distributed widely across southern states. They are also...
A game for word nerds who are bird nerds
If you’re a word nerd, you’ve probably already plunged into Wordle, the word guessing game that’s taken the Internet by storm, racking up millions of daily users in just three...
Wild Cam: Humans curtail Burmese mammal diversity
Sun bears, Asiatic golden cats and pig-tailed macaques may sound like an exotic wildlife assemblage to many westerners, but these mammals play important roles in Myanmar’s ecosystems. However, many of...
EPA to assess pesticide impact on endangered species
Under a new policy, the Environmental Protection Agency will now take into account impacts of pesticides on species listed under the Endangered Species Act before allowing the chemicals to be...
Watch: Manatees take to supplemental feeding
After a slow start, efforts to feed Florida manatees in the wild to protect them from starvation in the winter are showing some success. About three dozen manatees (Trichechus manatus)...
