Endangered Species & Wildlife
Friday, February 14, 2025
Birders ready for count across Maryland
This weekend, birders across the world, including in Maryland, will participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count. Thousands of birding enthusiasts …
Friday, February 14, 2025
Bird count begins today, across VA and worldwide
This weekend, Virginians will participate with other birders around the world in the Great Backyard Bird Count. Thousands of birding enthusiasts …
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Advocates push for program to decrease wildlife collisions in VA
Virginia is the ninth-likeliest state for a driver to hit wildlife but environmental advocates are working to change it. One in 76 people in …
Grant helps tribes, nonprofits plan to expand range of sea otters
The push to reintroduce southern sea otters to greater sections of the California and Oregon coast is getting a big boost from a $1.56 million grant f…
Industrial aquaculture poised to grow under second Trump administration
The Trump administration aims to increase domestic seafood production through industrial aquaculture but opponents said it puts Maine's coastal commun…
Mexican long-nosed bat makes appearance in Arizona
An endangered bat species has been detected in southeastern Arizona. Researchers say the discovery of the Mexican long-nosed bat in the Grand Canyon …
MD menhaden conservation may benefit from VA bill
Atlantic menhaden weigh less than a pound and measure little more than a foot long but the small fish has big consequences for the Chesapeake Bay ecos…
Conservationists: Study of Atlantic menhaden critical to preserving species
A small forage fish near the bottom of the food chain has a significant effect on the survival of several iconic predators along the Atlantic Seaboard…
Report: Harmful pesticides found in CT rivers, groundwater
A new report showed a growing problem of harmful pesticides in Connecticut waterways. The University of Connecticut study analyzed 20 years of data…
Eastern hellbender, PA's state amphibian, faces endangered-species protection
The Eastern hellbender, North America's largest salamander and Pennsylvania's state amphibian, is one step closer to receiving federal protection…
VA advocates push for study on Chesapeake menhaden
A critical fish species in the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic menhaden, could be declining rapidly. Or its numbers could be growing. There is no data …
After Wyoming's new feedground management plan, CWD elk death 'hits home'
A dead elk found east of Pinedale tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease earlier this month, marking the first such death inside a Wyoming …