How do you conserve rare snails? Dig into their picky diet
It was a test of patience for researchers who recently found out how to feed the particular tastes of one of the rarest snail species in the world. Chittenango ...
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Site Visit Insights: Spotting elusive leopard lizards
Site visits are critical to helping scientists learn more about species and their habitats. The trips often take them into areas most people do not have a chance ...
Western states adopt plan for monarch conservation
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) populations have declined steeply since the 1990s, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine that ...
Feral cats removed to protect piping plovers
A colony of feral cats (Felis catus) has been removed from Long Island’s Jones Beach State Park and taken to animal shelters in an effort to protect piping ...
Right whale calf spotted off Florida coast
Florida wildlife officials have reported a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) calf sighting — the first in the winter calving season. Last year, no ...
More legal challenges over gray wolves, grizzly bears
Over the past several years, gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been the subject of several efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the species under ...
Endangered Mississippi sandhill cranes reintroduced
Three endangered Mississippi sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis pulla) have been reintroduced to the wild. The cranes were hatched at White Oak Conservation, a ...
Hybrids — and maybe a full red wolf — found in former range
Red wolves (Canis rufus) were thought to be extinct in the wild, outside of a reintroduced population in North Carolina. But a pair of recent studies have found ...
BLM unveils revisions to sage-grouse conservation plans
The Bureau of Land Management has released the final environmental impact statement and proposed plan amendments for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus ...
After Maria, biologists weigh how to save Puerto Rican parrot
Scientists plan to meet this month to determine how to help recover endangered Puerto Rican amazon parrots (Amazona vittata). The parrots numbered more than 1 ...