JWM Study: Following New Zealand’s rare forest bird
At night, in the dark forest of New Zealand’s mainland Bushy Park reserve, you might look up and see a splash of bright yellow in the trees. Pay close attention ...
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Hundreds of endangered toads released in Wyoming
On June 1, 900 captive-bred Wyoming toads (Anaxyrus baxteri) hopped into the wild at three sites along Wyoming’s Little Laramie River, marking the largest-ever ...
Epic wolverine journey ends in North Dakota
Wildlife managers at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department knew the dead wolverine was special even before they performed a necropsy. It was the first wolverine ...
Whooping cranes hatch in Louisiana for first time since 1930s
A few years ago, biologists in Louisiana — covered from head to toe in white whooping crane costumes — released juvenile whoopers into the White Lake Wetlands ...
Coyote Sterilization Program in N.C. Protects Red Wolves
A sterilization program to stop coyotes from hybridizing with the only wild population of red wolves in the world has been successful so far, according to new ...
How Pennsylvania Manages Its Wild Elk
Tens of thousands of hunters and wildlife advocates across Pennsylvania recently met at the Great Outdoor Elk Expo to discuss management and conservation of the ...
Recovering One of America’s Most Endangered Frogs
The dusky gopher frog is one of the most critically endangered frog species in North America, living around only a handful of ponds in Mississippi. But wildlife ...
Bald Eagle Diet Points to Intact Ecosystem
A sustained natural diet of an animal that soars over the top of the food chain is a good indicator that an ecosystem is intact. New research tracking the eating ...
Black Bear Reintroduction Shows Population Growth
In the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of the long-term success of a bear reintroduction technique called winter soft-release, researchers found that a ...
Predator Recovery Creates New Management Challenges
Conservationists often struggle to institute affordable wildlife recovery plans that actually work, fully aware that success stories aren’t always the rule. But a ...