Wildlife & Nature

Ocean State’s Deteriorating Salt Marshes Contributing to Concern About Shrinking Black Duck Populations

Animal Clinic Nurses Injured, Sick Seals Back to Health

Providence Zoo’s Conservation Director is a Rare Breed

Declining Birth Rate Signals Uncertain Future for Right Whales

An army of more than 200 naturalists descended on Dundery Brook Preserve and Goosewing Beach Preserve to catalog as many species as they could in just 24 hours. They found […]

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Photo Blog: Into the (Weetamoo) Woods

Rhode Island’s List of Rare Plants Grows

First Bumblebee Listed as Endangered Species

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The observation of a greylag goose in Watchemoket Cove has birdwatchers rushing to the pond adjacent to the Metacomet Country Club to try to catch a glimpse of the rare species. But it has also caused an intense debate over whether it’s a wild bird and, therefore, one that birders can add to their Rhode Island bird list.

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Bald Eagles Make Rhode Island Comeback

Proposed Changes to Horseshoe Crab Harvest Regulations Would Better Protect Spawning Crabs

Rhode Island’s Large Deer Population More Immediate Threat to State’s Forests Than Climate Change

A new book examining the complicated issue of cats and wildlife has re-opened a difficult discussion that has long pitted animal welfare organizations against biologists, birdwatchers and the environmental community. And the position taken by the authors is doing little to make that discussion any easier.

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