Wildlife Archives

Forecasting Spring Migration to Help Birds Avoid Collisions

Rebecca Williams·April 27, 2018

People who study birds are now using radar to make maps that can forecast migration at night. They say these maps could help by reducing the number of birds that collide with buildings and wind turbines.

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Study: Songbird that Needs Clean Streams Threatened by Fracking

Kara Holsopple·April 26, 2018

We've known almost nothing about how the fracking boom is affecting our region's songbird populations -- until now.

Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Little Eggs, High Winds and Waves: A Piping Plover Rescue Story

Kara Holsopple·April 25, 2018

These little shorebirds are an endangered species in the Great Lakes region. But they’re making a comeback thanks to conservation efforts and even some heroics.

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A New High-Tech Way to Study Birds: Tiny Transmitters

Amy Sisk·April 20, 2018

Researchers have a new way of tracking the song sparrows, dark-eyed juncos and other birds that fly about the Laurel Highlands.

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Are Pipelines to Blame for Decline in Ancient Salamanders?

Julie Grant·February 2, 2018

Eastern hellbender salamanders need clean streams with high water quality and silt-free stream beds to find their prey and avoid predators. Pipeline construction isn't making that easy.

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How Pipelines are Changing the Dynamics of PA Forests

Kara Holsopple·February 2, 2018

A new study finds gas pipelines and access roads carve up more forest land and have a bigger impact on wildlife habitat than the drilling well pads themselves.

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Industry Gets a Pass on Accidental Bird Deaths

Kara Holsopple·January 19, 2018

The new rule is a reversal of the 100-year-old conservation law that was sometimes used to prosecute industries for accidentally killing or failing to safeguard migratory birds.

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