
What are those scary-looking 2-inch long wasps doing hovering over your lawn? Killing 160 cicadas in their short lives.
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![]() What are those scary-looking 2-inch long wasps doing hovering over your lawn? Killing 160 cicadas in their short lives. Keep reading Which is more dangerous: giant wasp or fuzzy yellow caterpillar? ![]() By calling manta rays a vulnerable species, scientists hope to stop or at least track the market in its gills. Used in Chinese medicine, the ray population is down 30% in 10 years. Keep reading Manta rays get some protection from fishermen hunting their gills ![]() Biologists are studying the parks of New York and other cities like Galapagos–where isolated populations evolve to face unique urban pressures. Keep reading NYC traffic islands like little Galapagos ![]() Tasmania wants to become a whale watching destination and thinks recovering Southern Right Whale numbers will help, the Mercury reports. The population is about one-tenth its former size, but the first calf born in the Terent River in 190 years in August is offering some hope. Keep reading Tasmania hopes Southern Right Whales recover so Hobart becomes a whale nursery again ![]() Since the pelt is at least 30 years old, it doesn’t help us find a live thylacine, which is what everyone wants. Keep reading Thylacne Pelt Stirs Excitement, But Doesn’t Get Us Closer to Live Thylacine ![]() Dozens of wolf centers have popped up in the last couple decades, ranging from official breeding centers to sanctuaries for wolf-dog hybrids. You’re also probably near a Mexican gray wolf, one of the country’s rarest mammals. Keep reading Happy Wolf Week: the Wolves Want Your Help ![]() Two wolves from the center were released, then shot within months. The whole program has effectively been on hold for almost five years. Just last week the Fish and Wildlife Service announced it wouldn’t release any wolves this year — without any real explanation. while federal and state wildlife debate what to do. (The states involved, Arizona and New Mexico, seem to also be locked in a battle over who can be more inhospitable to wolves.) So far the program has released 92 wolves into the wild on the Arizona-New Mexico border. But since 2006, they’ve only released one–despite continued illegal hunting of the wolves. Since 1998, there have been 75 documented wolf deaths. People who presumably don’t like the federal intrusion of wolves introduced to cattle country shot 32 endangered Mexican gray wolves. Twelve were hit by cars. Only 10 were confirmed natural causes; the rest are under investigation. Keep reading Half as Many Mexican Wolves in NY Suburb as in Wild ![]() Wolf-watching expert Jean Ossorio camps a week to see one endangered Mexican gray wolf. Planned tours would work–if locals shot few of the endangered lobos. Keep reading Mexican Wolf Tourism Not So Far Fetched, Says Woman Who’s Tried It ![]() Mountain Goats–officially deemed an invasive, are controversial in Yellowstone–though everyone agrees they’re fun to see. You can find them near Mammoth. Keep reading Yellowstone Mountain Goats: Officially Unwelcome, Unofficially Pretty Neat |
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