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Q&A: Wildlife can help the phosphorus crisis
Phosphorus is a key ingredient in fertilizer, but this resource is running out. That’s because most of the phosphorus used for agriculture is mined from a finite source of mineral-rich...
WSB: Age and sex affect survival of translocated grouse
Two decades of Gunnison sage-grouse translocation have revealed that when it comes to survival, you can’t teach an old grouse new tricks. Tony Apa has been involved with boosting Gunnison...
Sage grouse struggle as BLM and states search for answers
This article originally appeared on E&E News Greenwire. The imperiled greater sage grouse, an iconic Western bird that federal and state regulators have been trying to protect for decades, may...
Interior distributes $56M in state wildlife grants
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $56 million to states and territories through the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program for Fiscal Year 2022 to help conserve imperiled species...
Can boxes help fight white-nose syndrome?
Conservationists coping with the spread of the deadly white-nose syndrome are finding innovative solutions by thinking inside the box. Wooden bat boxes work as artificial roosts for bats in areas...
International endangered species conference approaching
The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species is holding its conference in Panama City, Panama in November to discuss the state of international wildlife issues and propose potential...
Horse and burro population decline continues
The number of wild horses and burros on public lands has decreased for the second year in a row, according to a recent report from the Bureau of Land Management....
Baja California frogs suffer from chytrid fungus
Although Baja California, Mexico and Southern California are very close to one another, the same species of frogs in Mexico are having a harder time with a fungal disease that...
Marco Festa-Bianchet receives award for long-term monitoring work
Marco Festa-Bianchet has had his fair share of challenges while conducting fieldwork to monitor long-term changes in populations of large mammals. He’s ventured out in the snow in minus 5-degree...
Bears change wolf feeding habits
Bears and wolves coexist in both Yellowstone National Park and 5,000 miles across the globe in parts of Scandinavia. But researchers recently found that in both places, bears are changing...