
Wildlife Center of Virginia office manager charged with embezzlement
A Waynesboro woman faces embezzlement charges in connection with money missing from the Wildlife Center of Virginia.

A Waynesboro woman faces embezzlement charges in connection with money missing from the Wildlife Center of Virginia.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, will release a great horned owlet on Friday at 6 p.m. at Grand Caverns in Grottoes.

The Virginia Department of Forestry announced the protection of more than 2,800 acres of forestland fronting the Appalachian Trail near Wind Rock and Mountain Lake in Giles County.

Do you manage a program that creates curiosity, discovery, and adventure in the outdoors? The Virginia Wildlife Grant Program may be able to help.

Based on recent observation, some wild animals appear to be evolving in a variety of genetic and behavioral ways influenced by intense hunting practices.

No doubt, humans have come a long way in engineering medical solutions to our own fertility problems. While such techniques have helped millions of couples around the world bear healthy babies, only recently have scientists applied such techniques to endangered wildlife species.

In a report released today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued wide-ranging recommendations to increase the effectiveness of paying informants and whistleblowers to report illegal wildlife trafficking.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, will present an education program on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Constitution Park in Waynesboro.

Wildlife can be beautiful to watch from a distance, but close up it is causing damage for farmers, landowners and even some city dwellers.

Filling out an income tax form is not really for the birds. Actually, it is for the birds, turtles, frogs, crayfish, chipmunks, and a host of other mammals, reptiles and invertebrates that make up the category of nongame wildlife.
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