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Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?

The seasonal coat changes of snowshoe hares may provide wildlife biologists with clues about how wild animals evolve in response to climate change.

by Hillary Rosner, Feb 13, 2012
John Mionczynski: naturalist, accordionist, and Bigfoot expert

In rural Wyoming, naturalist John Mionczynski plays piano, restores motorcycles, studies wildlife and tracks down evidence for the mysterious creature known as Sasquatch.

by Emilene Ostlind, Feb 08, 2012
Can animals evolve quickly enough to survive global warming?

What can rapid evolution in response to climate change teach us about managing nature?

by Michelle Nijhuis , Feb 06, 2012
Calling all science nerds

Across the country, "citizen scientist" volunteers help professional researchers by gathering data on wildlife species, from moose to hummingbirds.

by Jodi Peterson, Sep 05, 2011
Invasion of the feral pigs

Feral pigs are invading New Mexico and other Western states, but biologists are working hard to stop them.

by Cally Carswell, Aug 24, 2011
Collateral damage

T.C. Boyle's new novel, When the Killing's Done, examines the awkward way humans interact with nature and with one another.

by Michael Engelhard , Feb 21, 2011
The birds and the bee(tle)s

A controversial tamarisk control program is shut down over worries that it threatens rare southwestern willow flycatchers.

by Rachel Zurer, Oct 13, 2010
When doing the right thing gets complicated

Do we have the right to kill invasive barred owls and their hybrid offspring, even if it will save endangered spotted owls?

by Carla A. Wise, Jan 05, 2010
How wild is a managed wolf?

In an age when wolves are radio-collared and tracked everywhere they go, can they still be considered wild animals?

by George Sibley, Nov 17, 2009
Throwing raptors into flight

Rob Domenech bands eagles, studies hawks and also works with at-risk kids

by Becky Lomax, Jul 23, 2007