Investigation exposes inner workings of illegal wildlife trade
An investigation into wildlife trafficking between Mexico and the United States not only put a smuggler behind bars. It also exposed the inner workings of the ...
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Wild Cam: Black bears face connectivity obstacles in Mexico
In 2014, wildlife managers in Mexico captured a bear in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico’s western mountain range, that didn’t quite seem to belong—it was ...
Eastern monarchs need more milkweed
Current conservation measures for monarch butterflies may be falling short, say researchers who created a model to analyze how the butterflies are faring. Rodrigo ...
Researchers extend bird tracking system to Mexico
What brings a million birds that breed in the Arctic to winter on the coast of northwest Mexico? “The truth is, researchers don’t actually know,” writes ...
JWM: Water management can help redhead duck conservation
Every winter, several hundred thousand redhead ducks descend on the Laguna Madres of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Redheads wintering in this area, which ...
U.S. deserts are butterfly biodiversity hotspots
Although deserts have limited plant diversity, they are hotspots for butterfly biodiversity, suggesting that these dry areas should be a focus for conserving the ...
Could more Southwest land support more jaguars?
In 1964, a federal control agent with the U.S. government shot and killed the last known jaguar north of Interstate 10 in Arizona. While some people have spotted ...
Mexico has high-quality wolf habitat
Large tracts of high-quality habitat for Mexican wolves can be found across northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S., according to cross-border distribution ...
Monarch butterfly numbers fall on wintering grounds
The number of monarch butterflies landing on their wintering grounds in central Mexico in 2020 has dropped by about 26% from the previous year. Rather than counting ...
Mexico receives wolves for reintroduction program
Mexico is receiving a pack of endangered Mexican wolves to boost the country’s efforts to conserve the species. The ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque loaded a pair of ...