TOPEKA (KSNT) – A group of Kansas wildlife biologists on the hunt for invasive species made a surprising discovery in April when they found a fish thousands of miles away from where it spawned. Biologists with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Park’s (KDWP) Aquatic Invasive Species Crew were conducting sampling operations on the Kansas […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Biologists are making progress in studying one of Kansas’ most elusive and mysterious nocturnal species. Flying squirrels may not be the first animal that comes to mind when thinking about the Sunflower State, especially given the abundance of prairie habitat. However, biologists have found them living in the state’s few forested areas, […]
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, coincides with an exciting time for wild birds. Local birds are singing for mates and fighting for territories as they gear up for their once-a-year chance to breed. Tens of millions of migrating birds will be passing through the path of totality, and they mostly migrate at […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do bees have queens? – Rhylie, age 8, Rosburg, Washington When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And […]
By Dave Sherwood and Alien Fernandez HAVANA (Reuters) – University of Havana professor Daniela Ventura has intercepted a migrant. Her net, stretched taut on a forest trail in Havana’s Botanical Garden, trembles. A catbird – a discretely clad gray bird with a black cap – thrashes then succumbs as she plucks it from the net’s […]
The survival of one owl species hinges on the demise of another. That’s what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service argues in its proposal to allow the agency to shoot hundreds of thousands of barred owls over the next 30 years in West Coast forests. The service says the barred owl, which is not native […]