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...
View ArticleAPHIS 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...
View ArticleHelping 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...
View ArticleRabies 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...
View ArticleEvents 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...
View ArticleUSDA 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...
View ArticleBison 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...
View ArticleBrown 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleRabies 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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