BILLINGS — A Montana biologist has withdrawn his claim in a recent study that a rabbit species has disappeared from the Yellowstone area. Joel Berger, a senior scientist with the Wildlife Conservation ...

NORTHERN RED DESERT—Ilaria Bacchiocchi cracked a smile as she explained the nontechnical term her research crews use for the tiny cylinder of digested sagebrush resting in her palm. “Fresh out the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Distinguishing closely related animal species can sometimes ...

BEEZLEY HILLS PRESERVE, Grant County — Wildlife biologist Miranda Crowell hunches over the cold, cracked dirt of the Washington shrub-steppe to inspect a moist pellet that is central to her obsession ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A government wildlife researcher has found that rabbits and skunks can become infected with the bird flu virus and shed it enough to infect ducks — offering scientists one more ...

Have you been seeing more critters hopping in your backyard this summer? According to Joseph Lautenbach, a wildlife biologist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the state has seen a mostly ...

Eastern cottontail rabbit populations have been increasing in central Ohio for the past 10 years. The summer of 2024 saw the highest recorded number of rabbits in Ohio, roughly triple the counts from ...

QUINCY, Wash. (AP) — Officials have captured 33 endangered pygmy rabbits that survived a wildfire in central Washington state and moved them to other breeding sites. Biologist John Gallie with the ...

A government wildlife researcher says he's found that rabbits and skunks can become infected with the bird flu virus and shed it enough to infect ducks, evidence that small mammals could contribute to ...