Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Biologists identified five new fish species recently, and named them after former presidents and a vice-president: Teddy Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Barack Obama. Two species are found in the waters of Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

Bats recovering from white-nose syndrome show evidence of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), according to a hypothesis proposed by the U.S. Geological Survey and collaborators at National Institutes of Health. This condition was first described in HIV-AIDS patients and, if…[more]

How flowers evolved particular colors, shapes and scents to attract pollinators has long fascinated ecologists. Now, using artificial flowers and high-speed video, researchers have gained intriguing insights into the intimate relationship between hummingbirds and the flowers they pollinate. The study…[more]

When natural disaster hits, fire ants may follow, says a University of Missouri Extension entomologist.

Ice storms in 2009 destroyed trees and landscaping in southern Missouri. Joplin’s devastating 2011 tornado leveled hundreds of buildings. Replacement mulch, plants and…[more]

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed a photograph of a mountain lion taken by a trail camera on Oct. 31 on private land near Branson in Taney County.

According to MDC’s Mountain Lion Response Team, widely…[more]

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed a photograph of a mountain lion taken by a trail camera on Oct. 27 in Northeast Ripley County.

According to MDC’s Mountain Lion Response Team, widely scattered mountain lion sightings…[more]

A hunter in Howard County shot what appears to possibly be a wolf while archery hunting for deer and coyote on Oct. 30 at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Franklin Island Conservation Area. According to MDC, the hunter mistook…[more]

Bees are in enough trouble with fragmentation, pesticides and colony collapse syndrome.  It’s enough to make a bee blue.  Now they have to deal with junk food and it is discoloring their honey. Care2.com

Newsfeed.time.com reported that honey…[more]

Bacteria in the guts of honeybees are highly resistant to the antibiotic tetracycline, probably as a result of decades of preventive antibiotic use in domesticated hives. Researchers from Yale University identified eight different tetracycline resistance genes among U.S. honeybees that…[more]

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed a photograph of a mountain lion taken by a trail camera on Oct. 10 in the Current River Conservation Area about five miles south of Ellington.

According to MDC’s Mountain…[more]