AVMA News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health at the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health is meant to expand the center’s efforts to “advance science into policy and action.” In February, Cornell University announced a $35 million gift to endow and name the Cornell K.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! From National Geographic News : Cassin’s auklets are tiny diving seabirds that look like puffballs. You see, it is all connected. But I didn’t get to that either.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2018
According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. So what do these facts mean for our wildlife? Fire can also cause wildlife to be burned, dehydrated and malnourished. This is about 35 miles West of my home.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
With climate change appearing to expand the skeeters’ range, according to recent research in Science Advances , the birds have fewer safe places to hide. Fish & Wildlife Service). In particular, the honeycreepers of Kaua’i are at risk of being wiped out , due to disease-spreading mosquitoes.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2014
Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Fish and Wildlife Service, I was involved in various aspects of the species habitat protection largely on the regulatory arena. On June 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S.
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2013
The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2014
This week in birding news has it all covered. To wit: As if beach-nesting birds don’t have enough problems , along comes a new scourge: nudists. Brings a new meaning to the term “shake your tail feathers” ! Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Maine, will use “nano-tags” to track migrating birds. Er, sort of.
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