Researchers discover four new bat species
Researchers have announced the discovery of at least four new species of bats. The study — in a special issue of the journal ZooKeys focused on the coronavirus pandemic —...
Campaign highlights birds’ benefits to humans
As people shelter at home to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus, thoughts are increasingly turning to … birds. That’s a tiny bit of good news amid the pandemic...
Final Clean Water Act rule limits waterway protection
A final rule implementing a new definition of “waters of the United States,” published by the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers, will limit the reach of the...
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Removing wolves to protect caribou
The Northwest Territories are beginning an aerial wolf removal operation as part of a plan to conserve struggling caribou populations. The five-year plan seeks to remove 80% of the wolves...
JWM: Bears learn human tolerance outside national parks
Some of the black bears that get too close to people in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park may have taken a liking to human food outside the park. Wildlife...
Urbanization changes birds’ migratory behavior
Warmer temperatures and food resources — from bird feeders to trash cans — in urban areas change the migratory behaviors of bird species, even resulting in more resident populations, according...
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‘Deep evolutionary history’ binds bats and coronaviruses
Bats and coronaviruses have been evolving together for millions of years, researchers have found, resulting different strains in different groups of bats around the world. “We found that there’s a...
TWS says seeking comment on ANWR study ‘politicizes science’
The Wildlife Society is criticizing a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to seek public comment on a study from one of its journals on oil exploration and...
Imperiled mountain plovers use prairie dog colony edges
In Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland, imperiled mountain plovers choose nesting habitats on the edges of black-tailed prairie dog colonies, researchers found. The grassland plover species is known to nest...
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