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Want to eat the squirrel in your backyard? This class teaches you how
LAWRENCE (KSNT) – Have you ever wanted to trap, cook and eat the squirrels in your backyard? If the answer is yes, the upcoming squirrel clinic in Lawrence could be right up your alley. Amy Bousman, an education specialist with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), is gearing up for the clinic happening…
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Utah’s mountain lions could vanish in three years, lawsuit claims
A controversial law allowing year-round mountain lion hunting and snaring in Utah now faces a challenge in court. The Legislature added a provision to HB 469 at the eleventh hour of this year’s general session that strips most of the Division of Wildlife Resources’ ability to manage cougar hunts. Lawmakers had little explanation for the…
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How free-roaming cats impact wildlife, disease transmission
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cats are hunters by nature, which is why it’s not uncommon for an outdoor cat to bring home a “gift,” left on their owner’s doorstep. Yet Molly Guyette, a third-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and veterinary public health and epidemiology master’s student at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and…
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DMV and DEC warn of increased risk of fall wildlife crashes
ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) — The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Environmental Conservation issued an alert warning New York drivers of an increased risk of crashes involving deer and moose during the fall. According to the DEC, these animals are most active during October, November and December due to their natural breeding seasons.…
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Autumnwatch presenters reflect on their time filming the new series specials for The One Show
Published: 04:45 pm, 20 October 2023 The Autumnwatch team will be joining forces with The One Show at the end of October to produce a series of three short films and live link ups on location, to bring audiences their much-loved nature fix. Returning to screens on Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 October,…
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Interdisciplinary team receives $5 million grant to explore COVID-19 virus ecology at the human-animal interface
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia Tech disease ecologists wondered if the virus was having the same effect on wildlife. With the support of a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, principal investigator Joseph Hoyt and co-principal investigators Carla Finkielstein, Kate Langwig, and James…
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Hiking trail provides wildlife habitat
Tucked away inside the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky campus is a special place, said Lisa Chiffolo, an environmental engineer and 2016 graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, who oversees the Toyota Biodiversity Trail. The Biodiversity Trail is a 1.8-mile hiking trail, which is open to the public and features over 20 species of bats and over…
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Whitetail deer are the most studied species in the world
The management of wildlife will be an important topic discussed during the South Texas Farm & Ranch Show. Texas A&M Assistant Professor and Extension Wildlife specialist Dr. Jacob Dykes will give a presentation on the management and habitation of white-tailed deer. This will be Dykes first appearance at the show and he’s ready to inform…
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New refuge provides hope for critically endangered toad
One of the most endangered amphibians in North America faces threats but also possibilities. The Wyoming toad, which evolved to live in a small slice of southeastern Wyoming, is one of the most endangered amphibians in North America. But now, at least, it will have more room to recover: On Oct. 10, the U.S.…
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The week in wildlife
A green garden mantis in Tehatta, West Bengal, India. It is one of the approximately 1,800 species of praying mantis found around the world. The green garden mantis is remarkably cannibalistic: meetings between siblings in maturity often end with one eating the other, and females sometimes consume the males during the mating process Photograph: Soumyabrata…