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New AI models may allow scientists to monitor pollinator populations without killing bees in the process.

Studies of pollinators have traditionally relied on lethal traps to identify species and obtain accurate population counts. However, ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found another, non-deadly way to collect data on pollinators based on the...


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Ungulates with a drive to travel to find resources every year have experienced a higher extinction rate than those that have stayed put over the past 100,000 years.

While many hoofed mammals have evolved to migrate great distances, habitat loss and human development over the past few hundred years have massively increased the barriers to travel.

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The ‘akiapōlāʻau, a small yellow bird native to Hawaii, has an unusually mismatched bill adapted to drilling and probing for insects in branches. Researchers have discovered that this is not the bird’s only curious adaptation for feeding.

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The Wildlife Society’s 33rd Annual Conference wrapped up on Thursday, Nov. 5, following a week of learning, networking and exploring the connection between art and wildlife conservation in the Hawkeye State.

Here’s a look back at some of the key events at the conference.


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A fear of snakes or spiders doesn’t preclude a kid’s ability to appreciate other aspects of nature and biodiversity.

New research challenges a previous theory about biophilia, which suggested that humans possess a universal love for nature. Instead, authors of the recent study offer the idea that children may gravitate toward different kinds of nature.

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