Tag: Endangered Species

The Canadian province of British Columbia has announced public consultations for new species at risk legislation. The Species at Risk Act is similar to the American Endangered Species Act in...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reaffirmed its decision to consider the grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem a distinct population segment. The GYE grizzlies...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a general conservation plan intended to “protect the Utah prairie dog and benefit economic productivity.” This plan, released in consultation with the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently accepting public comments on the monitoring plan for black-capped vireos (Vireo atricapilla) if the species is removed from the Federal List of...

In 1996, a wildlife photographer in northeastern Tasmania snapped the first records of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) with lesions marring their faces. Researchers recently found that since then devil facial...

On a Baja California Peninsula beach, sometimes over 1,000 sea turtles a year unexpectedly wash up dead because local fishermen incidentally entangle them offshore. Analyzing these animals’ bones, researchers discovered...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a notice announcing that the white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is not warranted for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Fifteen years...

Current efforts to recover the red wolf (Canis rufus) in North Carolina are bound for failure, a team of researchers concluded, unless releases of captive wolves are resumed and takes...

Did “Bambi” do in hunting? Did “Jaws” demonize sharks? Did “Finding Nemo” put clownfish in serious danger? In a paper published in Conservation Biology, researchers from Great Britain’s University of...

The largest captive breeding program for Whooping Crane (Grus americana)  is closing after 51 years. The program at the U.S. Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, MD began...