Tag: West Virginia

West Virginia biologists are working to reestablish bobwhite in the state. The state Division of Natural Resources plans to add an additional 20,000 bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) to wildlife management areas...

A rare salamander, endemic only to a few high elevation mountain tops in West Virginia, may lose all of its high-quality habitats by the end of the century due to...

Populations of several bat species plummeted in West Virginia due to the spread of the deadly white-nose syndrome over the past decade, according to long-term surveys. White-nose syndrome has decimated...

Male cicadas infected with fungal parasites are manipulated into exhibiting behaviors of females, so they can pass the disease onto other males that attempt to mate with them. Massospora fungus usually...

On Shepherd University’s campus in Shepherdstown, W.V, chimney swifts (Chaetura pelagica) roost in a chimney on Sara Cree Hall before heading south in the fall. Some evenings in the fall,...