Animal news, with the source on every story (Page 3)
Habitats and conservation
Forest thinning aids wildlife habitat
A study of a thirty-year timber project in Australia reveals that selective thinning boosts tree growth and supports endangered marsupials.
ScienceDaily · · 1 min read
Pets
Wales’s greyhound racing ban raises rehoming concerns
A charity warns the UK’s first ban on greyhound racing could put dogs at risk if the industry and welfare groups cannot agree how to wind it down.
The Guardian · · 1 min read
Ocean life
Boat strikes injure more humpbacks on Australia’s east coast
Images shared by WWF Australia show deep propeller cuts on humpback adults and calves, as the population grows 60 years after whaling ended.
The Guardian · · 1 min read
Ocean life
Probiotics shielded Red Sea corals from a heat wave
Corals treated with beneficial bacteria did not bleach during a 2022 heat wave off Saudi Arabia, the first sign probiotics may protect reefs in the wild.
Mongabay · · 1 min read
Wild mammals
Uganda and WCS to co-manage tree-climbing lions’ sector
A 10-year deal gives the Wildlife Conservation Society day-to-day roles in Ishasha, where fewer than five lions remain, in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Mongabay · · 1 min read
Birds
Rare bald ibises are guided to Spain by micro aircraft
Fifteen northern bald ibises joined a flock in northern Spain, guided on their migration by human pilots in micro aircraft, to rebuild a European population.
The Guardian · · 1 min read
Insects and pollinators
A Promising Discovery for Mojave Poppy Bees
In the sun-scorched sand dunes, gypsum hills and washes of the Mojave Desert, success sometimes comes in packages smaller than a grain of rice.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · · 2 min read
Birds
Traffickers now target Indonesia’s maleo birds
Maleos, critically endangered birds from Sulawesi, face a new threat: illegal trade in live birds for the exotic pet market, a recent study found.
Mongabay · · 1 min read
Wild mammals
Bear helps itself to pastries at an Aspen farmers’ market
A hungry bear wandered through the stalls in downtown Aspen, Colorado, stood on its hind legs and dug into bread and pastries before climbing a tree.
The Guardian · · 1 min read
Wild mammals
El Niño fires put Indonesia’s orangutans at risk
Wildfires fuelled by El Niño are destroying orangutan habitat in Indonesia, and primate experts warn thousands could be killed, injured or displaced.
The Guardian · · 1 min read
Birds
Cornish fishers cut seabird deaths with ‘scarecrow’ buoys
Looming-eyes buoys and bird-shaped kites cut the chance of seabirds being caught in gillnets by 59% and 71% in a two-year trial off Cornwall.
The Guardian · · 1 min read
Ocean life
Saving Maine's Eelgrass Meadows
Along Maine’s coast, underwater eelgrass meadows provide essential habitat for fish and wildlife, while improving water quality, reducing shoreline erosion…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · · 3 min read
Ocean life
Rescuing Gila Trout in New Mexico
Within a high-mountain creek of the Gila Wilderness in southwest New Mexico lives the Iron Creek lineage, one of the five remaining populations of the…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · · 5 min read
Ocean life
Restoring Fish Habitat - Saint Sebastian River
Staff from the Peninsular Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office continued a multi-year project working alongside the Indian River County…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · · 2 min read
Reptiles and amphibians
Saving one of the midwest's rarest reptiles
It takes a team to recover a species. Across portions of northern Indiana, southern Michigan and northwestern Ohio, shallow wetlands and connected forests…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · · 4 min read
Wild mammals
Cumberland Forest WMA
Growing up in Pineville, Kentucky, Kyle Sams spent many hours afield chasing squirrel, deer, turkey, and other game with friends and family.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · · 4 min read
Ocean life
Listing not warranted for the Chesapeake logperch
S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Chesapeake logperch does not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · · 3 min read
Wild mammals
National Elk Refuge Bison & Elk Management Plan
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Bison and Elk Management on National Elk…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · · 2 min read