Tag: wildlife crossings

While wildlife bridges and tunnels are meant to protect animals from vehicle collisions and provide population connectivity, some deer and elk might actually be too scared to use them. Researchers...

Fewer than 50 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) are known to exist in the wild in the United States, all of them in Texas. But 40% of ocelots die as a result...

At a recent meeting of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, committee members expressed the importance of federal investments in ecosystem conservation and restoration in order to advance...

It was raining when researchers fit a female wolf with an Argos radio tracking collar in 1991—one of the first times the technology had been used in such a way....

A highway bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month includes important funding for wildlife connectivity. The $715 billion legislation extends for another five years the current...

From overpasses for mule deer and pronghorn near Pinedale, Wyoming, to underpasses for alligators in Florida, wildlife crossings are showing success across the United States in reducing wildlife collisions with...

Highway 97 runs from California to the Canadian border along the spine of the Cascades. It crosses elk (Cervus canadensis), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and pronghorn (Antilocapra Americana) ranges, resulting...

Tunnels designed to help wildlife pass safely under major highways do not appear to trap small animals in Quebec, as some researchers had speculated. While overpasses or underpasses built to...

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a nearly $500 billion highway bill that includes a section devoted to reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions, as well as funding for maintenance of roads...

A new draft transportation bill will include provisions related to wildlife-vehicle collisions and fund roads on National Wildlife Refuges and other federal lands. Last month, the Wildlife Society joined nearly...