Tag: die-offs

Shearwaters have been washing up on the beach this summer in states along the East Coast of the U.S. Wildlife rehabilitation centers reported great shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) washing up on...

Murre colonies that experienced die-offs in the Bering and Chukschi seas off the coast of Alaska in 2018 also experienced reproductive failure. “The majority of colonies that we surveyed in...

The Red Desert of south-central Wyoming has long been known for robust pronghorn populations, but in the last two decades, herds have diminished up to 30 percent. The deep snow...

Since the late 1990s, an increasing number of waterfowl have been dropping and drowning in the Great Lakes due to more frequent botulism outbreaks. Biologists recently found evidence that warming...