White-nose syndrome driving Minnesota’s bats to extinction
White-nose syndrome has greatly affected hibernating bats in just four years in Minnesota. According to the state’s Department of Natural Resources, the disease ...
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USFWS sued over winter feeding
Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Refuge Association sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an effort to halt the winter feeding ...
AFWA passes resolutions on joint TWS-AFS conference, CWD
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies passed seven new resolutions at their recent meeting in Tampa, Florida. The resolutions highlight several keys topics ...
Viruses linked with seal strandings in New England
With an unusually high number of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) washing up dead on beaches in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, preliminary tests have turned ...
Captive deer are still wildlife in Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that state conservation officials have the authority to regulate captive cervid herds in order to prevent the spread of chronic ...
Alaska seeks to combat pneumonia in wild sheep and goats
Early last month, a strain of bacteria known to cause pneumonia in wild sheep and mountain goats in the continental United States was found in Alaska. This pathogen ...
Mule deer found dead raises questions
In May 2017, a mule deer carcass was found near a highway bridge over the Chena River Flood Control area near Fairbanks, Alaska. The deer died from a vehicle ...
New Herp Disease Alert System relies on info from public
With disease at the forefront of amphibian and reptile population decline issues, a new Herpetofauna Disease Alert System has been created to expedite communication ...
Mystery of WNS spread solved using DNA sequencing
In March 2016, a little brown bat found sick near North Bend, Washington, tested positive for white-nose syndrome (WNS), an invasive disease caused by the fungus ...
Like catching lightning — global campaign to end rabies now
The time has come to “end rabies now” and we have the tools and strategies to do it, according to a growing coalition of global rabies experts. After close to ...