Conservation & Endangered

5+ hour, 20+ min ago   (688+ words) President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sept. 4 giving the U.S. secretary of interior 90 days to decide whether to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves and Mexican wolves in the United States. The Supporting America’s Ranchers executive order calls…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago   (162+ words) The Wyoming Game and Fish Department Sheridan Region has announced that Brady Roberts began duties as the department’s Buffalo wildlife biologist on Sept. 1. In 2023, he accepted a position in Sydney, Nebraska as a private land wildlife biologist, where he administered…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (359+ words) By TheNevadaGlobeStaff, September 14, 2026 2:39 pm ELKO, NV — Wildlife biologists and academic researchers across Nevada are working to unravel a decade-long ecological puzzle, conducting intensive field investigations into a fatal condition known informally as seasonal elk mortality syndrome. The phenomenon has plagued…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1523+ words) Harvard researcher sheds light on the perils facing luminous insects Sep 14, 2026 / Read time: 9 minutes As the sun sinks below the horizon, two scientists perch quietly beside a darkening field and wait for flashes of light. They have traveled far outside…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago   (383+ words) Bette Zirkelbach shares a final moment with Hope as children and other community members gather around to say goodbye on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Sombrero Beach. On 9/11, the community celebrated a powerful moment of survival and unity as Hope, a 150-pound…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (299+ words) Idaho Fish and Game officials say there are only an estimated 318 wolverines remaining in Lower 48 An outdoor recreationist recently captured video of a rare wolverine in Idaho’s central mountains, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials said. The sighting occurred…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago   (228+ words) However, conservationists knew that one small island could not support unlimited growth. A 10-year plan was created to establish Antiguan racers on other offshore islands, with an initial target of at least 500 snakes. According to research published on ResearchGate, 86 racers…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1467+ words) With 50+ years of combined experience, OKC Reef provides residential and commercial reef maintenance, recovery and rehoming across the OKC metro. Oklahoma City, OK · United States (PRUnderground) September 14, 2026 Reef aquarium owners throughout the Oklahoma City metro have a new option for…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (863+ words) In a study of monk parakeets, researchers with the University of Cincinnati and Duke University found that sex has little to no impact on who initiates fights, who is targeted or who rises in the dominance hierarchy. The work, led…...

9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (475+ words) How a former cantonal councillor built up political pressure for less bird hunting in Zurich. The canton of Zurich's removal of the jay, magpie and Eurasian collared dove from the list of huntable bird species followed an individual initiative by…...