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Kathleen Alexander, a veterinarian and wildlife professor at Virginia Tech, showcased some of her projects on Capitol Hill on April 26.
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A new children’s book tells the story of Maggie, a Peregrine falcon at the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro.
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Evidence of wildlife passage, such as tracks, scat and disturbed surroundings, is an accurate tool for assessing wildlife conservation.
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Globe-trotting big game hunters imported more than 1.26 million “trophies”—the part of the animal they keep for display—to the U.S. between 2005 and 2014.
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The Senate failed on Tuesday to reach cloture on a bill that would have effectively weakened the Clean Water Act and nullified the Clean Water Rule, an Obama administration effort to restore Clean Water Act protections for about half of the nation’s stream miles and the wetlands associated with these smaller streams.
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“Safety in numbers” applies to many wildlife species, whether the threat is a hungry predator, too little water, or a diminishing gene pool. But when the threat is infectious disease, population density may increase the risk.
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, will release an adult Bald Eagle on Thursday, September 10 at 11:30 a.m. at York River State Park in James City County.
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, will release two Bald Eagles during the week of August 24 – on Wednesday, August 26 at 11:30 a.m. at Widewater State Park in Stafford County, and on Thursday, August 27 at 3:00 p.m. at Chippokes Plantation State Park in Surry County.
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Habitat degradation and deforestation are recognized as principal threats to wildlife globally but have especially destructive implications on the island nation of Madagascar, where four out of five of the plant and animal species are found nowhere else in the world.
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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the historic clean-up plan for the Chesapeake Bay.
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