Wildlife & Nature

Government Shutdown Delays Trip South for Unusual Avian Visitor

Offshore Turbines Could Put Rare Shorebirds at Risk

Changes in Forest Habitat Impact Funky Timberdoodle

Report Finds Regional Approach to Dam Removal is Best Practice

Due to the historically degraded water quality in upper Narragansett Bay, the fish that spend all or part of their lives there have seldom been studied. That’s changed.

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Napatree Point: Wild, Scenic, and Jammed in Summer

Volunteer Rehabilitators Help Injured Wildlife Heal

It’s True: Rare Beaked Whales Make Supersonic Sounds

The practice of biocontrol has its critics, but for many invasive pests that are well established there is no alternative.

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Ukraine Moth Released to Fight Invasive Swallow-Wort

56,000 Bees Rescued in Portsmouth Sting Operation

R.I. Keeps Close Eye On Its Resident Geese Population

The crab’s discovery in Rhode Island waters may be a sign of a northward expansion due to warming waters, but it also may have been released by someone who bought it at a pet store.

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