Tag: New York

Diamondback terrapin populations are shrinking in New York City’s Jamaica Bay, and degraded marsh conditions may be the cause. These large, long-lived turtles aren’t listed federally under the Endangered Species...

On a warm afternoon in May 2021, a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation fish stocking truck pulled up to the shore of Lake Ontario and began releasing its...

An animal killed in a New York coyote hunt last year was not a coyote but a wolf, a recent DNA analysis found. The finding contradicts an initial conclusion that...

Dolphins have been appearing more and more in New York Harbor, raising questions about what is bringing them to the area. To better understand, researchers are looking at the behaviors...

In the spring, Albany, New York, becomes home to thousands of crows. The noise and mess isn’t exactly welcomed by neighbors. So biologists with USDA-Wildlife Services is working to disperse...

White-tailed deer on Staten Island have tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. It’s the first time the highly-contagious variant has been detected in wildlife...

The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a massive piece of architecture, even by New York City standards. The building takes up four city blocks of space right alongside the...

Environmental DNA techniques can detect a deadly virus in amphibian ponds, giving wildlife managers critical information about how to best protect vulnerable amphibian species. Ranavirus is deadly to amphibians. “It’s...

A New York town is wrestling with how to handle a growing problem with beavers, whose dams are impeding the town’s drinking water. About 20 miles up the Hudson River...

The recent appearance of hundreds of birds killed from striking the World Trade Center in New York City has raised new concerns about the effects of artificial lights at night....