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    Nearly 30,000 Unregulated Wild Animal Species Traded in the U.S., Researchers Find

    Nearly 30,000 Unregulated Wild Animal Species Traded in the U.S., Researchers Find

    New international research has found that nearly 30,000 wild animal species have been traded throughout the United States, according to data from the U.S. Law Enforcement Management Information System (LEMIS), a wildlife trade monitoring organization maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Led by University of Hong Kong (HKU), the analysis looked at 22 […]

    Leopards Each Have Their Own Unique Roar, Study Finds

    Leopards Each Have Their Own Unique Roar, Study Finds

    Each leopard can be identified by their own unique roar, the first large-scale study of its kind has found. Using a combination of camera traps and recordings, the research team was able to identify the vocalizations of individual leopards with 93.1 percent accuracy, a press release from University of Exeter said. “Discovering that leopards have […]

    In Conservation Success Story, Massachusetts Piping Plovers Have Their Second Record Nesting Year in a Row

    In Conservation Success Story, Massachusetts Piping Plovers Have Their Second Record Nesting Year in a Row

    For the second year in a row, Massachusetts beaches have recorded more nesting Piping Plovers than anytime in the last four decades — 1,196 nesting pairs, a 1.5 percent increase over 2023 and a 500 percent jump since the program began, according to preliminary data gathered by MassWildlife’s Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program and […]

    Amphibious Mouse Among 27 New Animal Species Found by Peruvian Amazon Expedition

    Amphibious Mouse Among 27 New Animal Species Found by Peruvian Amazon Expedition

    Researchers in northwest Peru’s Alto Mayo region have discovered 27 new animal species, including a semi-aquatic mouse, a salamander that climbs trees and a “blob-headed fish.” The 38-day survey uncovered and recorded more than 2,000 species of plants and wildlife, reported The Guardian. “Discovering even one new species of mammal on an expedition would be […]

    ‘Divorce’ Rates of Seychelles Warblers Linked to Rainfall Fluctuations During Breeding Season

    ‘Divorce’ Rates of Seychelles Warblers Linked to Rainfall Fluctuations During Breeding Season

    The amount of rain that falls affects our environment in various ways, from river flow to the availability of freshwater, but it can also shape the diversity and distribution of ecosystems within different regions of the globe. A new long-term study of Seychelles warblers (Acrocephalus sechellensis) on Cousin Island has revealed that rainfall during the […]

    A Marine Heatwave Killed 4 Million of Alaska’s Murre Seabirds

    A Marine Heatwave Killed 4 Million of Alaska’s Murre Seabirds

    Beginning in late fall 2014 and lasting into 2016, an anomalous, massive marine heatwave nicknamed “the Blob” developed off the western coast of the U.S., covering all of Alaska’s coastwater and extending as far south as Southern California, raising ocean temperatures by several degrees Celsius. The Blob had an extreme effect on Alaska in particular. […]