From NaturalResourcesCommittee.gov:
Today, Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after a federal court struck down a series of Trump administration rollbacks that weakened the Endangered Species Act, restoring the law to its pre-Trump status:
From Ecological Society of America:
Up to 87% of flowering plant species depend on a wide range of animal species for their pollination. Among mammals, nectivorous pollinator species are principally represented by flying species such as bats and, to a smaller extent, by some marsupials, rodents, primates, and small carnivores. It has been pointed out that therophily, pollination by non-flying mammals, may however be more widespread and hold more significance than currently recognized.
From MontanaFreePress.org:
On heels of 2021 legislative mandate, Montana hunters and trappers in 2025-26 harvested lowest numbers in a decade.
From BBCNews.com:
A woman has been bitten by a wolf in a major shopping street in Hamburg, according to German authorities.
The highly unusual attack took place in the bustling Grosse Bergstrasse in Hamburg Altona, near an inner-city Ikea store on Monday evening.
From Bluewin.ch:
Hardly any other animal polarizes Switzerland as much as the wolf. In his new book, Basel biologist and former “Netz Natur” producer Andreas Moser says that the “evil wolf” is a myth – and the debate about it is too emotional.
From HindustanTimes.com:
A second suspected Indian grey wolf was spotted in north Delhi’s Palla, confirming the area’s wildlife presence, with experts suggesting potential hybridization.
From ScientificAmerican.com:
After just a couple months off the endangered species list, the gray wolf in the western Great Lakes is back to “threatened” status. A government reversal, not a sudden drop in the 4,000-plus wolf population, put the animals back on the protected list, the Associated Press reports.
From TheWildlifeNews.com:
To hear many hunters tell it, the wolves brought down from Canada to restore populations in states like Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho are something entirely different—another species or at least a separate subspecies from the wolves that once roamed these lands. In this telling, they are “Canadian wolves”: larger, more aggressive, and somehow more sinister than the animals that historically lived in the Northern Rockies of the United States.
This perception has taken hold in popular conversation, shaping attitudes and fueling debate. Yet it raises an important question—are these wolves truly different, or is the distinction more myth than biological reality?
From MountainJournal.org:
Hiking near Gardiner, Montana, on a recent balmy February day, I hit slushy snow and came across the tracks of one other human, and then some deer and elk. Soon, I encountered something more surprising: canine tracks that dwarfed my dog’s paws, and lots of them. Wolves.
From News.Jrn.MSU.edu:
LANSING – Even though the grey wolf is classified as an endangered species, a new study found that the majority of Michigan’s recorded wolf deaths are caused by humans.
Researchers from Michigan State University and their collaborators used GPS collar and mortality data from 608 wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan between 2010 and 2023 to assess their specific cause of death.
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