When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

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Some years back, a Great Blue Heron dropped out of the sky and into our family’s garden. The bird did not move and it looked tired. When we cautiously entered the garden, it did not try to step away, ...

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

The desire to help an injured or lost wild animal is natural. But, even when done with the best of intentions, state and local experts say interactions between humans and wildlife can often cause more ...

In the moment, snapping a picture of wildlife can feel like a harmless souvenir. But for the animal, the presence of a phone or camera often comes with something far more stressful: a person standing ...

Julie Old is a Director on the Board of The Wombat Foundation, and a member of the Australian Mammal Society. Dale Nimmo is a member of the Ecological Society of Australia, and receives funding from ...

At Monday’s City of Alpena Municipal Council meeting the proposed modifications to an ordinance making it illegal to feed ...

Big changes could be coming to Washington’s circuses and traveling shows. Senate Bill 5065, which got its first hearing on Tuesday, takes aim at the use of wild animals in traveling entertainment. If ...

Massachusetts law allows landowners to kill a wild animal caught in the act of damaging their property. The law does not specify what constitutes as damage under the law (except that damage to grass ...