Wildlife News

The benefits of prescribed fire in the Southern "pineywoods" are many and varied-and because of the passion of folks who love and believe in these legal and carefully-planned controlled fires and their results-they are becoming increasingly well-known and appreciated, according to a wildlife biologist and forester with the S.C. Department of ... (more)

More than 600 fifth-graders from schools in Jefferson County visited Fernwood State Forest earlier this week to take part in the Outdoor Education Days program sponsored by the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District.

A PETITION calling for the district council to stop the proposed Meads Eco Park development has certainly got readers talking.

Wolves are depicted as "mean, ferocious animals and they can tear a man apart real easy" on TV, despite evidence to the contrary.

A A 500,000 transformation of Fobney Island into a beautiful new wetland nature reserve has been completed and will open to the public today.

A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator - the heaviest ever certified in Texas - on his first alligator hunt.

A: Gardenology Q: What is the scientic discipline of interior living-room design for a toothy Illinois river fish? Get it? Gar - Den - Ology? OK, Carnak the Magnificent we're not.

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the federal government, claiming officials violated the Endangered Species Act when they granted mining permits at two East Tennessee mines.

Herb Norwegian, the Dehcho Grand Chief, said the cancellations with such short notice show the MLAs don't prioritize the perspectives of the Dehcho people.

Two endangered Hawaiian hawks were found wounded on the Big Island after apparently being shot with a pellet gun, and federal wildlife officials want to know who is responsible.

The old joke asks, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" But in the world of wildlife conservation, the big question is, "How did the animal cross the road?" And the answer is often: With the help of a bridge or tunnel so there are no worries about animal-vehicle collisions.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the carcass was found floating in Florida Bay near Islamorada on Sunday.

Turfcutters protest at Mauds bog in silence: Annie Burke reads a letter addressing the rights of the turfcutters in Kildare to Padraic Comerford of the NPWS at Rosberry, Newbridge.

It may have been the most anticipated package ever delivered to the Buffalo Zoo: an orphaned polar bear cub that arrived Wednesday from Alaska and will spend the summer with another cub born six months ago.

A young hunter who grew up with a fascination about dinosaurs and a dream of hunting what some call "living dinosaurs" has harvested the largest alligator ever certified in Texas.

Strict controls aimed at protecting wildlife and the local environment have been included in a A 12m flood defence upgrade Strict controls aimed at protecting wildlife and the local environment have been included in a A 12m contract to deliver a long-awaited flood defence upgrade for a Northumberland market town.

The landowner of picturesque gravel pits has hit back at claims plans for a fishing lake will destroy the wildlife habitat.

The legendary broadcaster visited Thurrock 's Thameside Nature Park in Mucking Wharf Road, Mucking, on Saturday, May 11 to officially open it.

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger was fined and demoted, but not terminated, for using artificial light while poaching a trophy mule deer after legal hunting hours last October.

Recreational alligator hunting has become increasingly popular in Florida since its inception in 1988, and the trend is no different in Bay County.