A steep decline in the sea otter population in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has forced bald eagles nearby to change their diet, according to a new study.
Study leader Robert Anthony of the U.S. Geological Survey in Corvallis, Oregon, examined the prey remains in bald eagle nests on the islands to evaluate the eagles’ diet between [...]
The United States must protect endangered wildlife from global warming and other threats within its own borders and not rely on other countries, such as Canada, to do the job, according to a coalition of 10 conservation organizations that announced today its intention to file a legal challenge against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The [...]
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“For Beauty it’s like using only one chopstick to eat. It can’t be done” said biologist Jane Fink Cantwell, who operates a raptor recovery center in this Idaho Panhandle town. “She has trouble drinking. She can’t preen her feathers. That’s all about to change.”
Cantwell has spent the past two years assembling a [...]
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