Exploring genetics to save endangered pocket mouse
Researchers are delving into the genomes of Pacific pocket mice to help inform conservationists about the best ways to recover the federally endangered species, ...
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Pandemic hampers wildlife efforts around the world
Efforts to contain COVID-19 have curtailed efforts to protect endangered species around the world. In Brazil, biologists working to recover golden lion tamarins ...
Texas ocelots seek large, unbroken swaths of thornscrub
Endangered ocelots in South Texas prefer to use unfragmented landscapes. Efforts to conserve the imperiled feline should focus on maintaining large patches of ...
Study finds logging endangers BC caribou herds
A recent study says poor governmental coordination in Canada is resulting in a failure to protect endangered caribou (Rangifer tarandus). The study published in ...
Southern Sierra Nevada region fishers listed as endangered
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has added a distinct population of fishers (Pekania pennanti) in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California to the list ...
Endangered salamanders benefit from wetland restoration
The endangered tiger salamanders, the largest American terrestrial salamander, is making a comeback in Maryland, according to the department’s spring 2020 surveys ...
Watch: Kemp’s ridley sea turtle continues to rebound
The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) was once thought to be on its way to extinction. But thanks to conservation efforts, the turtle is making a ...
Researchers say Mexican ranch likely source of Ariz. ocelots
A breeding population of ocelots just 30 miles south of the border is likely the source of occasional cat sightings in Arizona, biologists say. The population is ...
Sierra Nevada red fox population proposed as endangered
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing a population of the Sierra Nevada red fox as endangered. A subspecies of the red fox, the Sierra Nevada red ...
Hawaiian hawk to be removed from endangered list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the ’io, or Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius), from the endangered species list. Biologists have found the hawk’s ...