The Trouble With Horses On Cumberland Island
Feral horses — especially the females — live a short, sickly life on Georgia’s largest barrier island, advocates say.
Wildlife
What Do Glacier Bay National Park Wolves Eat?
Wolves at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve are, not too surprisingly, opportunistic when it comes to their meals. They might include salmon, sea otters, or remains of a whale carcass that washed ashore.
- February 20th, 2023
Wood Storks On The Road To Population Recovery
Long-legged and gangly, with oblong bodies, bald heads, and a long, curved bill, wood storks won't likely win any beauty contests. But they nevertheless are a poster child reflecting the success of the Endangered Species Act, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that the species be removed from the list of threatened and endangered wildlife.
- February 18th, 2023
Study: States And NPS Need To Reach Cooperative Goals On Wolves
With its home territory squeezed hard up against the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park, the Phantom Lake wolf pack ran into a slaughterhouse when it roamed into southern Montana.
- February 12th, 2023
More Than 100 Yellowstone Bison Transferred To Fort Peck Indian Reservation
More than 100 bison from Yellowstone National Park were transferred to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana in January, marking the greatest transfer of bison to the tribes so far and bringing to nearly 300 the number of bison that have gone to the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes at the reservation.
Move By U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service To Reconsider ESA Protections For Grizzlies Criticized
A decision Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider whether grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem need Endangered Species Act protection was heavily criticized by conservation groups.
Another Santa Monica Mountains Mountain Lion Likely Killed By Vehicle
Another mountain lion that roamed the Santa Monica Mountains in California appears to have been killed by a vehicle, according to National Park Service staff. A release from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area said P-81 was likely killed by a vehicle strike Sunday, January 22.
Protecting Migratory Corridors For Bottled Up Wildlife
There is a need to link Western national parks that are home to many species of wildlife that otherwise would be stranded on biological islands.
- January 29th, 2023
Dead Humpback Whale Washes Ashore At Assateague Island
For the second time in less than three weeks a dead humpback whale has washed ashore in the National Park System, this time at Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland.
- January 17th, 2023
Muir Woods' Mystery: Straying Chinook, Climate Change, And Salmon Survival
Michael Reichmuth was stunned to see Chinook salmon showing up in Redwood Creek, a tiny stream that meanders amid the towering coast redwood trees in Muir Woods National Monument.
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