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- Could wolves help songbirds weather climate change? (January 27, 2012)
- Millions of bats have died due to whitenose syndrome (January 18, 2012)
- Turning our national parks into zoos - are wildlife management policies failing to truly recover endangered species? (January 7, 2012)
- Bats get a gift of hope this holiday season (December 20, 2011)
- Science prevails in court: the loss of whitebark pine threatens Yellowstone's grizzlies (November 23, 2011)
- How is a grizzly bear like a whitebark pine? They're both endangered (November 9, 2011)
- The curious case of the coastal California gnatcatcher (November 3, 2011)
- The coastal California gnatcatcher wins the latest round in its fight to retain endangered species protections (October 26, 2011)
- Give a little love to the lizards (October 25, 2011)
- Deadly salmon virus - one more reason to protect Bristol Bay's wild salmon fishery (October 21, 2011)
- On a wing and a prayer - property rights group wants gnatcatcher to disappear (September 23, 2011)
- Polar bears don't drown when there's ice all over the place (July 29, 2011)
- Why we need fangs and claws: New Study Reveals the Importance of Apex Predators (July 22, 2011)
- Add it to the (wait) list: Whitebark pine is endangered by climate change (July 18, 2011)
- Jumping for Joy (finally) for the Preble's meadow jumping mouse (July 8, 2011)
- Recommended reading: Listed - Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act (June 9, 2011)
- Meet the bat scientists (June 3, 2011)
- Memo to Congress: Our bats need your help (May 11, 2011)
- Name that fish! The power of social networking to scientific discovery (April 29, 2011)
- Reflections on the spending bill: cutting wolves to cut a deal (April 14, 2011)
- Dollars and bats - why caring about white-nose syndrome makes economic sense (April 1, 2011)
- Scientists to Congress: Leave Wildlife Management Decisions To Us (March 30, 2011)
- The Senate's "Lone wolf" spending bill (March 7, 2011)
- Hope for white-nose syndrome? Senator Lautenberg introduces wildlife disease bill (February 15, 2011)
- When the wolves come out of the walls (February 11, 2011)
- No scientific integrity for wolves (February 1, 2011)
- Scientists say white-nose syndrome should be a research priority (January 14, 2011)
- Yellowstone: One of our nation's top 10 endangered ecosystems (January 5, 2011)
- Room to jump - Preble's meadow jumping mouse gets additional critical habitat (December 16, 2010)
- Tell the US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect bats (December 13, 2010)
- Standing up for bats (October 20, 2010)
- Some help for bats (October 8, 2010)
- Final review begins to determine status of whitebark pine (September 20, 2010)
- Sturgeons get a needed break (September 8, 2010)
- Wake up and smell the coffee - before it's too late (August 26, 2010)
- The heart of the wolf recovery problem - Science (August 16, 2010)
- The little brown bat and the big white problem (August 12, 2010)
- Whitebark pine moves one step closer to endangered species protections (July 19, 2010)
- On the hiking trail with Rachel Carson - early connections with nature (June 2, 2010)
- White-nose syndrome continues its steady path across the US (May 18, 2010)
- Lizards - the next canary in the global warming coal mine (May 14, 2010)
- Climate change endangers whitebark pine in western Canada (May 5, 2010)
- Greening the performing arts - Wolf Trap walks the walk and performs the talk (April 22, 2010)
- Copper - one more reason Pebble Mine threatens Bristol Bay's salmon (April 14, 2010)
- Poisons on public lands – a threat to predators, people and pets (April 1, 2010)
- Would you build Pebble Mine in heaven? (March 29, 2010)
- From Hellhole to the hill – some mixed news for bats (March 11, 2010)
- Idaho and Montana step up their efforts to reduce wolves (March 9, 2010)
- While the US Fish and Wildlife Service stalls, time is running out for whitebark pine (February 25, 2010)
- Hellhole Cave takes on a new meaning for endangered bats (February 24, 2010)
- Cutting research funding for bats: penny-wise and (millions of) dollars foolish (February 3, 2010)
- Buzz kill: Unregulated spread of disease puts native bumble bees at risk (January 12, 2010)
- The National Marine Fisheries Service agrees the Hawaiian false killer whale may be endangered (January 5, 2010)
- Saving Sage Grouse: A misplaced blame game on Nevada's predators (December 8, 2009)
- Trophic cascades, burrowing badgers and otter latrines – or, why we like predators (December 4, 2009)
- A scary Halloween for bats (October 30, 2009)
- A setback for wolf science (October 23, 2009)
- Anecdotal wolf data is convenient – except when it isn’t (October 6, 2009)
- The story of the Hawaiian false killer whales (September 30, 2009)
- Wolf hunt quotas in the Rocky Mountains - let's do the math (August 20, 2009)
- Natural beetles, unnatural attacks (July 8, 2009)
- Of mice and wolves - not so equal in the equality state (June 23, 2009)
- Raising a naturalist in your own backyard (June 22, 2009)
- The "basically impossible, theoretical, worst-case scenario" for wolves takes effect today (May 4, 2009)
- Dances with wolves: one step forward, two steps back (March 6, 2009)
- Let the black eagle soar (March 4, 2009)
- The bell curve tolls for wolves (January 15, 2009)
- Going my way? Why wolves may need to start hitch-hiking (January 15, 2009)
- What's the time, Mr. Wolf? (January 14, 2009)
- The King is Dead (December 10, 2008)
- The Reign of Whitebark Pine (December 9, 2008)
- A wolf in wolf's clothing (October 24, 2008)
- A second chance for wolves…and wildlife officials (October 14, 2008)
- More mouse tales (September 5, 2008)
- The big bad wolf...and other fairytales (July 25, 2008)
- By the way, mice can't read maps (July 10, 2008)
- Being unreasonable about wolves (May 5, 2008)
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