California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native ...
The Snake River originates in Yellow Stone National Park, flowing across Idaho, up the Idaho/Oregon border (a stretch that includes Hell’s Canyon, the deepest river gorge in all of North America), ...
When Brian Hughes, 33, and wife Stephanie Hughes, 33, went strolling along the San Antonio River Walk on Tuesday, they didn't expect a scene from a nature documentary. But they caught full view of a ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife deploys divers to check for highly invasive quagga mussels on the bottom of boats in Lake Powell, Arizona in 2013. (Kim Martin/U.S. Fish and Wildlife) Officials in Idaho say ...
This snake that was once a threatened species may not be Ohio's largest or one of the Buckeye State's three venomous species, but it does play "a vital role in the ecosystem" by targeting invasive ...
In the spring and summer, you might spot a rattlesnake sunning in itself on a rock or a hiking trail. However, snakes tend to disappear from sight when the temperature drops. Rattlesnakes are most ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most boas, which are a type of large, non-venomous ...
Officials in Idaho are trying to keep quagga mussels like these mussels found in Lake Mead, Nevada, from taking over the Snake River in Idaho. (Courtesy of Dave Britton/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ...