Wildlife

Mantis Eggs Smuggled Across Border

A shipment of plastic toys turned out to have something a little more alive inside them at the Cincinnati Port…

3 years ago

New Refuge Aids Ducks, Gators

Thanks to the tremendous generosity of Elisabeth DeLuca, more than 27,000 acres of iconic Florida prairie and wetlands habitat have…

3 years ago

Rare Urban Cougar Sighting Confirmed

AUSTIN — Despite the rarity of mountain lion sightings near urban areas, a recent mountain lion sighting on private property…

3 years ago

Crossbow Poacher Driveby

Two Trinity County game wardens received a call from the local sheriff’s office about a hunter who had just shot…

3 years ago

Pronghorn Study Finds Migration Trends

Wildlife must move to thrive and survive, however the habitat connectivity they rely on for spring and fall seasonal migrations…

3 years ago

New Lighting System Helps Deer Avoid Cars

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services (WS) program recently applied for a patent (U.S. Patent Application…

3 years ago

Mysterious Spread of Treesnake

For the first time, an invasive brown treesnake population has been found on Cocos Island, an 83.1 acre atoll located…

3 years ago

Feds Continue Wildlife Rabies Research

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced it will continue field evaluation of…

3 years ago

USDA Invites Comment On Modified Corn

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a request…

3 years ago

Turkeys Are A “Bird Of Courage”?

Benjamin Franklin was quite fond of turkeys. How do we know? Well, in one well-publicized case, the founding father was so disappointed that…

3 years ago