#habitat

Salt Lake City, UT: The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) announced today that the Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund is providing $250,000 for habitat restoration and enhancement projects in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington. The Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund

Author: Erica Tennenhouse / Source: Atlas Obscura Wildlife conservation gets the most attention when it’s focused on the big and exciting—polar bears, condors, sea turtles, elephants. They are our iconic mascots of nature, and ensuring they can survive and thrive requires a massive effort. But

We are all very much aware of the suffering that we, as human beings, impose on the other species that inhabit our planet. Habitat destruction, over-exploitation, climate change and the introduction of invasive species have all contributed to what is rapidly becoming a sixth ‘mass extinction,’ and

Author: Leah Rosenbaum / Source: Science News Deep water reefs are unlikely to be safe harbors for many fish and coral species from shallow reefs threatened by climate change and human activity. Shallow water creatures may have trouble adapting to conditions in the deep, scientists report in the

Author: Christina Ayele Djossa / Source: Atlas Obscura The population of the South Asian hispid hare has declined since it was placed on IUCN’s endangered red list in 1986. Human migration into the hare’s low-grasslands habitat and controlled grassland burning to develop healthy grazing areas are