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Brad Pennington was the latest river victim. Paddling his 17-foot racing kayak in the Missouri River 340 last week, Pennington was nailed by what he thought was a brick thrown from shore. Instead, it turned out that a flying silver…[read further]

As this summer’s triple-digit temperatures continue to prompt trees to prematurely drop leaves and nuts, wildlife may suffer with a significantly smaller food supply for the fall and winter.

“Shedding leaves and fruit is one of the easiest…[read further]

Falsely advertising one’s fighting ability might seem like a good strategy for a wimp who wants to come off as a toughie, but in paper wasp societies, such deception is discouraged through punishment, experiments at the University of Michigan suggest.[read further]

Research on the population of black-legged ticks, which can transmit Lyme disease from host animals to humans, reinforces that it is important to take preventative measures when spending time outdoors.

University of Illinois graduate student Jennifer Rydzewski conducted…[read further]

Arkansas landowners complain about damage wrought by feral hogs - swine gone wild - but aside from anecdotal evidence, there’s no current information on exactly where, and how many, wild hogs are living in Arkansas.

Jaret Rushing, a…[read further]

Wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts in Arkansas will benefit from $250,000 worth of wildlife habitat improvements, made possible by a grant from the National Forest Foundation and funding from other project partners.

NFF awarded a grant worth $105,045 to…[read further]

A rapidly spreading disease may wipe out as much as 99 percent of the bat population in the Eastern United States over the next 20 years. A Boston University study predicts that little brown myotis bats may be on the…[read further]