All posts tagged "Conservation"
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1.5KScience NewsThe Earth Has Lost 10% Of Its Wilderness In The Past 20 Years
The planet Earth is home to swaths of grasslands, sprawling jungles and forests, expansive savannahs and deserts that set it apart from...
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1.7KScience NewsWhooping Cranes Hatch In Louisiana After Five Year Conservation Effort
Whooping cranes (Grus americana) have been making headlines this year. In February, they entered the spotlight as United States Fish and Wildlife Service...
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1.7KEnvironmental NewsGlobal Tiger Population Is On The Rise For The First Time In 100 Years
For the first time in 100 years, global tiger populations are on the rise. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), recent data...
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2.2KScience NewsScientists Observe Mutual Wolf-Hyaena Interaction For First Time
Striped hyaenas (Hyaena hyaena) are not known to be social animals and typically hunt alone, although they have been documented congregating around...
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2.0KScience NewsNew Study Says ‘The Urban Birds Have It All’
In a study published in the Oxford Journal Behavioral Ecology, researchers from the Department of Biology at McGill University found that birds in...
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2.2KEnvironmental News‘Junk Food’ Storks Establish Resident Populations In Iberia, But It Isn’t All Good News
In a new study published by the journal Movement Ecology, researchers found that landfills and garbage piles have influenced migration patterns of European...
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3.9KScience NewsAmerican Bald Eagles Face New Challenge Post Population Rebound
Once protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) remains a federally protect species. In the 1960s...
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2.1KScience NewsBarred Owl Populations To Be Thinned To Save Threatened Spotted Owl
Barred owls (Strix varia) are the most commonly found owl in North America. They have a wide distribution and are known for their...
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2.3KScience NewsDid 150,000 Adelie Penguins Die Because Of A Giant Iceberg?
Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) are considered to be a key-indicator species, meaning that trends in their populations tell a story about changes in...
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1.7KScience NewsUnderstanding Wolf Howls To Help Conservation
In a new study, titled “Disentangling canid howls across multiple species and subspecies: Structure in a complex communication channel,” researchers analyzed more...
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2.0KEnvironmental NewsMontana Governor Steve Bullock Approves Bison Territory Expansion Outside Yellowstone Park
Montana Governor Steve Bullock has decided to allow Bison to live in and roam through parts of Montana outside of Yellowstone National Park —...
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1.9KEnvironmental NewsLive Condor Cameras Stream Insight Into Endangered Birds In California
Witnessing a California condor in the wild no longer needs to be a one in a million occurrence. As of this week,...
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1.6KEnvironmental NewsFeds OK $20 Million For Monarch Butterfly Conservation
Once an iconic insect numbering nearly 1 billion, the Monarch butterfly’s population has seen such a drastic decrease over the past few years...
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2.3KEnvironmental NewsSad Farewell: Sumatran Rhino Now Extinct In Malaysia
One of the rarest rhino species on Earth passed a tragic milestone this past week when a Copenhagen-based team of researchers concluded that...
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1.6KEnvironmental NewsFWS Backs FishBrain’s Conservation App For Anglers
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has partnered with fishing app developer FishBrain to create a new app that will help officials...
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1.9KScience NewsPolar Bear Population Decline Is Worse Than We Feared
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a report indicating that the declining population of polar bears is expected to decline further...
