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Eagle Watching Opportunities Abound in Arkansas Winter

When winter is in full swing in late January and in February, numbers of Arkansans and their visitors who enjoy the outdoors go looking for eagles. A few decades back, seeing an eagle was rare in the state. Now you…[more]

By Arkansas Game and Fish
01-19-2012

Hunters and Wildlife Watchers Urged to Report Swans

Hunters and wildlife watchers are urged to help count and identify Arkansas’s wintering swan populations. Karen Rowe, nongame migratory bird program leader with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said “Numbers of both trumpeter and tundra swans wintering in Arkansas…[more]

By Arkansas Game and Fish
01-19-2012

New Research Helps Predict Bat Presence at Wind Energy Facilities

As bats fly close to turbines at wind energy facilities, the sudden air pressure change caused by the turbine’s rotating blades causes severe trauma to the bats’ lungs. The resulting bat fatalities occur frequently at wind farms. But the USDA…[more]

USDA Forest Service


01-13-2012

Honeybee Deaths Linked to Seed Insecticide Exposure

Honeybee populations have been in serious decline for years, and Purdue University scientists may have identified one of the factors that cause bee deaths around agricultural fields.

Analyses of bees found dead in and around hives from several…[more]

Purdue University


01-13-2012

Snowy Owls Pinch Hit at Smithville Lake Eagle Days

Bald eagles, snowy owls and a chance to get outdoors on unseasonably warm winter days drew 3,000 visitors Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 7 and 8, to Eagle Days events at Smithville Lake.

A rare appearance by snowy owls…[more]

By Missouri Dept. of Conservation
01-13-2012

My Christmas Bird Count

Despite a rudimentary knowledge of bird species, I looked forward to participating in a Christmas Bird Count. Here was an opportunity to do something outdoors during a festive season when many people are putting away Christmas decorations, and trying to…[more]

By Robert J. Korpella
01-06-2012

Deadly Fly Parasite Spotted in Honey Bees

Honey bees can become the unwitting hosts of a fly parasite that causes them to abandon their hives and die after a bout of disoriented, “zombie-like” behavior, according to researchers at San Francisco State University.

The phenomenon, first…[more]

San Francisco State University


01-04-2012

Frogs Use Calls to Find Mates with Matching Chromosomes

When it comes to love songs, female tree frogs are pretty picky. According to a new study from the University of Missouri, certain female tree frogs may be remarkably attuned to the songs of mates who share the same number…[more]

By MUNews
12-30-2011

Call All Citizen Scientists to Help Conduct OK Wildlife Department’s Winter Bird Feeder Survey

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Winter Bird Feeder Survey starts Jan. 5 and gives wildlife enthusiasts and their families an exciting way to kick off the New Year. Attracting birds and maintaining backyard feeders for wintering birds is popular…[more]

By Oklahoma Dept of Wildlife Conservation
12-30-2011

Hellbender Study Seeks Answers for Global Amphibian Decline

A new study on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against pathogens. The study details changes in the salamander’s declining health and habitat, and could provide…[more]

University of Florida


12-21-2011
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