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Colorado wolf reintroduction proposal released
Two years after Ballot Initiative 114 passed, mandating the reintroduction of the gray wolf (Canis lupis) to Colorado, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) has now released a proposal...
What’s good for biologists is good for wildlife
Hanging out of airplanes with net launchers. Climbing trees to peer into bird nests. Crawling into bear dens. Wildlife biologists get to do some pretty cool things. But their envy-invoking...
Can gene editing wipe out invasive island mice?
Editing the genes of invasive mice could drive them to extinction on islands where they’ve become established within 25 years, researchers found. By using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, researchers believe...
Virginia Tech grad students share love of wildlife with young people
Graduate students at Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment have turned their love of wildlife into a project to turn young people on to conservation. They created the...
Why do zebras have stripes? Flies may have the answer
Zebra stripes have long amazed the public and researchers alike. What role could black and white stripes possibly serve an animal on the African savannah? One benefit seems pretty clear,...
Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered under ESA
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently strengthened Endangered Species Act protections for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), upgrading the species from a threatened to endangered status. The species,...
BLM prioritizes wildlife migration corridors
In light of climate change and historic drought conditions in the western U.S., the Bureau of Land Management is pledging to prioritize the restoration and conservation of wildlife on public...
Feeding program to resume for Florida manatees
Wildlife officials plan to resume an experimental feeding program for Florida manatees this winter. The mammals are struggling with a die-off of the seagrass beds they depend on for food...
Ban extended on female horseshoe crab harvest
Regulators have extended a ban on harvesting female horseshoe crabs from the Delaware Bay amid concerns that lifting it could harm the declining red knot (Calidris canutus), a migrating shorebird...
WSB: What if you build it and the cranes don’t come?
As urban development eats away at habitat for the state-threatened Florida sandhill crane, biologists were hoping they could improve the birds’ outlook by improving conditions for them on state lands....