Report documents status, trends of Upper Mississippi River System
Among the key takeaways: The river is changing for a variety of reasons, but mostly as a result of changing hydrology and invasive species.
U.S. Geological Survey
Wildlife groups investigating mysterious bird deaths in D.C. region
The condition appears to effect only young blue jays and grackles, not other species or animals.
Dramatic decline found in Western bumblebee populations
The find by the U.S. Geological Survey will help inform a species status assessment to begin this fall by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which may ultimately add the insect to its endangered species list.
A product of the pandemic? Grizzly encounters up significantly in Yellowstone region
Official says there is no straightforward explanation for the increase and it could be chance, but it has not helped that there are more people recreating in the Yellowstone region as the coronavirus pandemic has given them a reason to spend more time outdoors.
More than 50 invasive carp captured on Mississippi River
In response to this discovery, the DNR is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Wisconsin DNR and commercial fishing operators to conduct large-scale netting, studies of the captured carp and increased monitoring.
Study: Grand Teton elk hunt not a major draw for grizzlies
The November to December hunt probably takes place too late in the year for grizzly bears to seek out animal remains that hunters leave behind
Pilot program aims to detect harmful blooms in Finger Lakes
Authorities say newly installed technology on Owasco, Seneca and Skaneateles Lakes will quickly detect changing water-quality conditions that could indicate a harmful algal bloom, or HAB, is developing.
University of Toledo biologists search rivers for grass carp
A crew from the University of Toledo working with the U.S. Geological Survey found the larvae during sampling last June in the Maumee River, a Lake Erie tributary.
Scientists continue battle to save bats from mysterious disease
QUANTICO, Va. — When the sun sets and nearby Marines wind down for the evening, Sam Freeze suits up and goes bat hunting. Six nights a week in the summer, the doctoral student at Virginia Tech tromps through the woods at Marine Corps Base Quantico in search of northern long-eared bats – a species
