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American Farmers Benefit from APHIS Bird Repellent Research

A captive horned lark is offered lettuce seedlings treated with a bird repellent. Photo by USDA Wildlife Services California is the “bread basket” of American agriculture. In 2012, California’s 80,500...

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APHIS Geneticist Finds New Way to Track Invasive Pythons

Can you find the snake? A Burmese python peeks out from its hiding place in Florida. APHIS Wildlife Services experts are developing new tools to help track and remove this invasive species. Photo by...

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Helping Businesses Grow: NWRC Wins 2015 Award for Excellence in Technology...

Engineers from Applied Design Corporation in Colorado test the delivery of aerial bait cartridges from a helicopter. Photo by USDA. John Eisemann spends much of his time on the phone or in meetings...

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Rabies Research and Prevention Subject of Student’s Winning Logo

Colorado State University graphics design student Katie Clonan with her winning logo. Photo by USDA. Come this October, Katie Clonan is looking forward to seeing the fruits of her labor all over Fort...

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Events Highlight the Impact of Rabies on People, Pets and Wildlife

USDA is honored to host the 26th Rabies in the Americas conference in Fort Collin, Colorado, beginning Sunday, Oct. 4. What do raccoons, vampire bats, and mongooses have in common? All are wildlife...

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USDA Helps Bring Bison Back to Colorado’s Prairies

A surrogate mother bison stands guard over her new baby. The young bison is part of the Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd – a group of genetically-pure and disease-free bison established by...

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Bison are back and here to stay at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Bison on the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. Photo credit: Gary Chancey, US Forest Service. Guest Post by Hannah Ettema of the National Forest Foundation. It was like stepping back through time on...

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Brown Tree Snake Research Wins DoD’s 2015 Resource Conservation Project of...

USDA Wildlife Services research has led to the development of an aerial bait to control invasive brown tree snakes on Guam. The effort was awarded the Department of Defense’s 2015 Project of the Year...

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The Little-Known Threat to Wild Turkeys

Turkeys in Texas engaging in courting before laying eggs, which are increasingly at risk from feral swine. Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Spring brings new life to the fields and forests and...

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Rabies and Vampire Bats

A vampire bat in Mexico. Photo by Luis Lecuna, USDA APHIS, International Services, Mexico. All this month we will be taking a look at what a changing climate means to Agriculture. For APHIS, changes in...

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