Tag: Endangered Species

September 12, 2017

House debates amendments to FY18 appropriations bill

The U.S. House of Representatives is currently working through the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FY18 appropriations bill as part of a massive eight-bill omnibus package for fiscal year 2018...

June 29, 2017

WSB study: Acoustic lures help net elusive bats

Bat researchers have trouble using nets to catch species that forage in open spaces and fly too high, out of reach of traditional netting methods. But researchers seeking to catch...

June 15, 2017

Publish and perish?

When scientists publish location information about endangered species, it’s not just other scientists who are reading it. They may be opening the door to poachers, wildlife photographers and curiosity-seekers coming...

June 5, 2017

Rare butterfly reintroduced on San Diego NWR

The recovery of an endangered butterfly in southern San Diego made history last year and is seeing early success. A team of biologists from the San Diego Zoo Global, the Service,...

May 24, 2017

WSB Study: Scientists quantitatively tell tracks apart in snow

Biologists surveying carnivore populations in snow-covered regions often have a hard time differentiating between the tracks of similar species. By analyzing track characteristics and snow measurements, a recent study focused...

March 31, 2017

Mange outbreak imperils urban kit foxes

Endangered by habitat loss across its range, the San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) now faces another deadly threat. Sarcoptic mange has been spreading swiftly through its urban population...

March 29, 2017

Pre-vet students heed call of wildlife

Many pre-veterinary students are developing a desire to study exotic or native wildlife species, shifting their usual focus on livestock or companion animals to become wildlife veterinarians. “I wanted to...

March 9, 2017

Imperiled species already impacted by climate change

Almost half of the mammals and a quarter of the birds on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species are already being negatively impacted by climate change, according to new...

December 9, 2016

States file suit over new critical habitat rules

On Nov. 29, a group of 18 states filed a lawsuit in opposition to changes made this year to how critical habitat can be designated for federally threatened and endangered...

December 5, 2016

If you build it, they will come

With over 14,000 acres of habitat supporting hundreds of animal and plant species, there is no such thing as a “typical day” on Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (Bitter Creek)—but...