Tag: Endangered Species

February 4, 2021

Endangered snail kites sensitive to Florida water levels

Endangered snail kites depend on a good balance of water levels in the aquatic ecosystem of southern Florida. Too much water or extremely dry conditions might give different predators easy...

December 4, 2020

Watch: Vancouver Island marmots are rebounding

Vancouver Island marmots are Canada’s most endangered mammal, but they’re populations have been rebounding. From a low of 30 wild marmots (Marmota vancouverensis) occupying just a few locations in 2003,...

October 5, 2020

Watch: Tracking Indiana bats to their summer grounds

Where do Indiana bats migrate in the spring? Not much has been known about their migration behaviors, and most of that has been gathered from recovering bands. To find out...

August 27, 2020

Watch: New board game shows the challenges of conservation

A new board game called Endangered shows players how hard conserving endangered species can be. In the game, which can include one to five players, individuals can take the role...

August 14, 2020

To protect endangered species, public lands aren’t enough

Even if all state and federal public lands in the United States were protected to benefit endangered species, more than half the country’s endangered species would still be in danger...

July 20, 2020

A check-up finds healthy sea turtles on Florida beach

For veterinary researcher Annie Page-Karjian, veterinary science and wildlife biology need to come together more often. Juno Beach, a six-mile stretch of coastline in Central Florida that is critical to...

June 22, 2020

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, which has only three populations left...

June 22, 2020

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 (Leontopithecus rosalia) had to call off an...

June 15, 2020

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 woody cover, particularly on private lands, researchers...

June 1, 2020

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 Conservation Science and Practice found that...