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Bluebird Time in the Ozarks

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Late February through mid-March are times when bluebirds begin thinking about homes to lay eggs and raise young. It’s a great time to put up a homemade or store bought nesting box, then sit back and enjoy the show as…[read further]

By Robert J. Korpella

Wildlife Department Making Strides in Quail Habitat Restoration

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Research shows that bobwhite quail numbers across the nation have been in gradual decline since the 1960s, but Oklahoma remains a great holdout for the long-celebrated upland bird.

Despite its location along the western fringe of…[read further]

By Oklahoma Dept of Wildlife Conservation

Chronic Wasting Disease Not a Threat to People, Livestock

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Missouri hunters with venison in their freezers shouldn’t worry, despite the discovery of chronic wasting disease in a captive deer in the northeastern part of the state. So far, no cases of CWD have been found in the Missouri’s free-ranging…[read further]

By MUNews

Two Birding Programs Offered in Arkansas

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Bluebird Day is scheduled Saturday, March 13, at Mammoth Spring State Park in Mammoth Spring. The Spring River Sportsman’s Club provides information about attracting bluebirds and building boxes for them. All materials needed to build a bluebird house are provided.…[read further]

By Arkansas Game and Fish

Fish Can Recognize a Face Based on UV Pattern Alone

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Two species of damselfish may look identical—not to mention drab—to the human eye. But that’s because, in comparison to the fish, all of us are essentially colorblind. A new study published online on February 25th in Current Biology, a Cell…[read further]

By Guest Contributor

Tree-Dwelling Mammals Climb to the Heights of Longevity

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The squirrels littering your lawn with acorns as they bound overhead will live to plague your yard longer than the ones that aerate it with their burrows, according to a University of Illinois study.

Scientists know from previous…[read further]

By Guest Contributor

Interpretive Panels Go Up at Big Creek Natural Area

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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission staff recently loaded up shovels, post-hole diggers and headed for Big Creek Natural Area in Cleburne County. The agencies were working together to install interpretive signs on the area.

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By Arkansas Game and Fish

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