A plan to poison invasive mice on the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge has received approval from the California Coastal Commission. It now awaits a decision from the regional director of the U.S. Fish and …
Researchers recently found a way to tell an endangered mouse from a lookalike species that’s not at risk. The finding, in turn, can help with the endangered species’ conservation. The salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys …
For large carnivores, humans are the primary predator. So do these species respond fearfully to humans the way prey normally does in the presence of predators? In a study published in Ecology Letters, researchers set …
Using a new mouse model, researchers detected two unique strains of chronic wasting disease— one carried by elk and another by deer. “These findings suggest that CWD from elk and deer pose distinct risks to …
Heavy livestock grazing causes more damage to small mammal populations living in montane meadows in the Southwest than wildfires, researchers found. Ecosystems across the region are experiencing an uptick in wildfires, due in part to …
A compound in soil could play an important role in combating chronic wasting disease by degrading the prions that cause the lethal disease in cervids, researchers found. CWD has infected and killed deer, elk, moose …
When it comes to wild plant production, vertebrates matter, too. A new global literature review indicates that vertebrates pollinate a big chunk of temperate and tropical wild plants, and it warns that losing these animals …
Loss of habitat continues as one of the greatest threats to native species and biodiversity. Thus, restoring native habitats has become a key conservation activity around the world. A shift in invasive animal populations, potentially …
Improvements to bait boxes — a tool used to kill ticks on mice and chipmunks — can successfully lower the prevalence of ticks in the rodents, according to new research. These bait boxes, which leave …
What do disease detection, repellents, and aircraft-bird collisions have in common? All require a knowledge of how animals perceive their surroundings. Scientists at the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), the research arm of the USDA …
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