2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (165+ words) The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally approves Delaware's 2025 Wildlife Action Plan. DNREC's Division of Fish and Wildlife submitted the plan last fall for federal review and revision." It will guide conservation efforts for the state's wildlife and their habits through…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (954+ words) In 2003, a shipment of exotic African rodents to a pet store in Illinois sparked the United States' first mpox outbreak. Gambian giant rats and other rodents infected prairie dogs, which in turn infected nearly 100 people who handled the animals. Ebola…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1209+ words) Nothing stops a chat between birders faster than a flash of feathers in the sky. Just a few steps into their stroll through Sax Zim Bog, three naturalists go hush at the sight of a Canada jay, a gray-and-white songbird…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (219+ words) Delaware River Watershed Conservation partners " including three in Delaware " are awarded money to go to conservation projects. $12. 5 million was awarded to support 30 projects, and the grants will generate another $17 million in matching contributions. Delaware Wild Lands was awarded nearly $500, 000, which…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (165+ words) A leak of wastewater from the Millsboro sewage system in early January prompted DNREC to shut down the area to shellfish gathering, following guidance from the National Shellfish Sanitation Program. DNREC says that time period is meant to allow for…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1073+ words) As rising seas, coastal development and invasive species make it increasingly hard for Delaware's native animals, fish, plants and insects to survive, Steve Cottrell may have found a way of reversing the decline of one bird species in his own…...