Wildlife : Science World Report

Aug 14, 2015 07:47 AM EDT

Bears Freaked Out by UFOs that Wildlife Biologists Use

Drones can be a huge boon to wildlife biologists. Now, researchers have found that these robots may actually stress out the wildlife they're observing.

Jul 28, 2015 09:53 AM EDT

Grizzly Bear's Single Hair Reveals What it Eats in the Wild

What can you learn from a single hair? You can learn quite a bit with a new technique. Scientists have discovered a way to determine exactly what a grizzly bear has been eating over several months just by looking at a single hair.

Jul 27, 2015 07:48 AM EDT

Inbreeding Didn't Cause Bighorn Sheep Populations to Decline in Colorado

Colorado's bighorn sheep population is declining and now, scientists have found out that it's not due to inbreeding.

Jul 23, 2015 10:40 AM EDT

Global Wildlife Decline May be Halted by Satellite Conservation

Scientists have called for urgent cooperation between conservation scientists and space agencies to help preserve ecosystems.

Jul 08, 2015 02:27 PM EDT

Insecticides And Honey Bees: Neonicotinoids Are A Threat To Them

New findings published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology investigate the use of insecticides--specifically neonicotinoids--and their effects on the decline of the honey bee population.

Jun 29, 2015 09:36 AM EDT

Cats' Kill Count Ignored by Pet Owners, New Study Discovers

It turns out that pet owners have problems facing their cat's kill count. Scientists have looked at the attitudes of pet owners and have found that many simply ignore how much their cats hunt.

Mar 31, 2015 10:28 AM EDT

Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf Wildlife is Still Suffering

It's been almost five years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploding, sending gallons upon gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Now, scientists have assessed the wildlife in the Gulf, and have found that it's still suffering from the oil spill.

Mar 31, 2015 08:06 AM EDT

Feeding Food to Wild Animals May Impact Their Risk of Disease

Feeding food to wild animals may just impact their risk of disease. Scientists have found that supplemental feeding of wildlife can actually increase the spread of some infectious diseases and decrease the spread of others.

Mar 13, 2015 07:43 PM EDT

Post-Fire Logging May Reduce Wildfires for up to 40 Years

Scientists may have found a way to reduce future forest fires. By harvesting fire-killed trees, loggers can actually reduce woody fuels for fires for up to four decades following a wildfire in a dry, coniferous forest.

Aug 07, 2014 09:13 AM EDT

Wildlife Corridors May Encourage the Spread of Invasive Species Across States

Wildlife corridors may be helping animal migrations, but they could also be helping invasive species.

Jul 25, 2014 07:37 AM EDT

Wildlife and Social Conflicts Linked: Loss of Resources May Cause Unrest

Scientists have managed to draw links between wildlife loss and social conflicts, which may give conservationists a new problem to tackle in the future.

Apr 23, 2014 08:11 AM EDT

Wildlife Response to Climate Change was Underestimated: Birds Migrate North

Scientists have revealed that the wildlife response to climate change is likely underestimated, and that the side effects may be much more far-reaching than previously thought.