Stories indexed under: Wildlife
Total: 3
- Céline Cousteau to speak at Earth Day conference March 28, 2013 Marine conservation advocate and filmmaker Céline Cousteau will be a featured speaker at the seventh annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference on Monday, April 15.
- UW’s veterinary medical school adopts wildlife health project Feb. 13, 2013 Outbreaks of disease in wildlife may seem remote and, for most humans, inconsequential. But disease events that arise in wild animal populations can be far-reaching and can even pose a threat to humans and domestic animals far removed from the source of animal affliction.
- Bad news for bats: deadly fungus persists in caves Dec. 14, 2012 Researchers have found that the organism that causes deadly white-nose syndrome persists in caves long after it has killed the bats in those caves. A study just published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology shows that the fungus can survive in soil for months, even years, after the bats have departed.