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The North American wolverine would receive threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal. Warming temperatures are expected to shrink the mountain snowpack wolverines rely on.
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Oklahoma’s state flying mammal, the Mexican free-tailed bat, is receiving attention this spooky season from the University of Oklahoma.
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Predators, weather extremes, disease and habitat changes are threatening the survival of the state’s wild turkey population, experts told lawmakers during an interim study Monday.
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Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer.
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Three hundred bison were donated to the Nature Conservancy in 1993. Now, the herd has grown six times over and plays a critical role in preserving the tallgrass prairie ecosystem.
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The species, including birds, mussels and a bat, have been moved off the threatened and endangered list. They join 650 other species that have gone extinct in the U.S.
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Explaining the draw of gawking at massive bears, a park ranger says, "You can follow the bears for years and really get to know their lives and their personalities and their soap operas."
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Record-setting harvests continue despite financial hit, Chronic Wasting Disease threat.
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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is looking forward to fall for quail hunting season. Changing weather patterns have impacts on quail populations.
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The plains spotted skunk received good news from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week. The Service finds there is a viable population species in its range and that it is not at risk of extinction.