If you come across a rattlesnake in Michigan, it’s an eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus), the only venomous snake in the state. They’re relatively small for rattlers, averaging two to three feet ...

This article originally appeared on The Revelator. Imagine a vast agricultural field, endless rows of soy or corn running for acres in every direction. Now imagine that this field grows where a mighty ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body length and shape, are more sensitive to habitat fragmentation than the long-, ...

Amphibians across the tropics are facing a global decline, with disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) playing an especially significant role in losses. According to ...

Thami Croeser receives funding from the Ian Potter Foundation. Holly Kirk receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Ian Potter Foundation. Imagine you’re a fairywren living in a ...

I was driving to work yesterday, and a squirrel darted in front of my car. He nearly lost his life. He does it several times a day. Every day. One of these days he won’t make it to the other side. Why ...

Introduction : habitat fragmentation and western birds / T. Luke George and David S. Dobkin -- Multi-scale perspective of the effects of forest fragmentation on birds in eastern forests / Frank R.

Given that oil and gas developers are using fewer well pads to develop hydrocarbon resources in Powder River basin, and that this reduction has led to fewer roads and less habitat fragmentation, new ...

It’s a fact of life for drivers in the Lehigh Valley and across Pennsylvania that deer are a constant hazard. It’s also a fact of life for deer and other wildlife in the state that getting from one ...