wildlife /tags/wildlife wildlife en-US Copyright Fri, 03 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT Bring on the bees: How native plants benefit local wildlife /2024-05-03/bring-on-the-bees-how-native-plants-benefit-local-wildlife Choosing plants for a garden can be daunting. Northeast Ohio horticulturalists explain why you might want to go native. Fri, 03 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /2024-05-03/bring-on-the-bees-how-native-plants-benefit-local-wildlife Jean-Marie Papoi Why a piece of roadkill is actually a good sign for one Ohio species /2024-03-13/why-a-piece-of-roadkill-is-actually-a-good-sign-for-one-ohio-species Last year, Ohio biologists collected a pregnant fisher killed on the side of the road. They say it鈥檚 a sign the weasel-like animal could be reproducing here again, for the first time in more than a century. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:22:00 GMT /2024-03-13/why-a-piece-of-roadkill-is-actually-a-good-sign-for-one-ohio-species Erin Gottsacker Fish, frogs and鈥� pharmaceuticals? How researchers are addressing Ohio鈥檚 medicated streams /2024-02-29/fish-frogs-and-pharmaceuticals-how-researchers-are-addressing-ohios-medicated-streams Researchers out of Bowling Green State University are studying the effects of pharmaceuticals on northwest Ohio鈥檚 waterways. Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:00:30 GMT /2024-02-29/fish-frogs-and-pharmaceuticals-how-researchers-are-addressing-ohios-medicated-streams Kendall Crawford Thousands of aquatic species died from toxic East Palestine derailment /2023-02-24/thousands-of-aquatic-species-died-from-toxic-east-palestine-derailment The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said thousands of aquatic species, including minnows, fish, crayfish and amphibians, died due chemical contamination after a train derailment in East Palestine. Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:08:33 GMT /2023-02-24/thousands-of-aquatic-species-died-from-toxic-east-palestine-derailment Abigail Bottar Could this low cost fix improve water quality and wildlife habitat in local streams? /2022-05-10/could-this-low-cost-fix-improve-water-quality-and-wildlife-habitat-in-local-streams When rainstorms dry up, local creeks do, too, leaving fish out of luck. A team of UC researchers and the Hamilton County Conservation District are testing out a relatively inexpensive solution to see if it helps make streams into successful wildlife habitats. Tue, 10 May 2022 18:50:13 GMT /2022-05-10/could-this-low-cost-fix-improve-water-quality-and-wildlife-habitat-in-local-streams Tana Weingartner Whose Job Is It To Reduce Toxic Mercury In The Ohio River? /news/2020-02-07/whose-job-is-it-to-reduce-toxic-mercury-in-the-ohio-river Mercury, which damages young brains, is flowing through industrial wastewater into the Ohio River. But the multi-state agency tasked with keeping the鈥� Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:12:13 GMT /news/2020-02-07/whose-job-is-it-to-reduce-toxic-mercury-in-the-ohio-river Jeff Brooks-Gillies Mussels Are Disappearing From The Ohio Watershed. Experts Want To Know Why /news/2020-01-31/mussels-are-disappearing-from-the-ohio-watershed-experts-want-to-know-why 鈥淲ill one of these fit?鈥� Wendell R. Haag asks, holding out a couple pairs of well-worn creeking shoes he鈥檚 pulled from the back of his pickup, both鈥� Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:00:00 GMT /news/2020-01-31/mussels-are-disappearing-from-the-ohio-watershed-experts-want-to-know-why Carrie Blackmore Smith White House Moves To Formally Decriminalize Accidentally Killing Birds /news-partners/2020-01-30/white-house-moves-to-formally-decriminalize-accidentally-killing-birds Wildlife protection groups are decrying the proposal as an attempt to gut a century-old law that protects birds, while industry groups say they have long been hamstrung by the threat of legal action. Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:54:31 GMT /news-partners/2020-01-30/white-house-moves-to-formally-decriminalize-accidentally-killing-birds Merrit Kennedy Border Wall Threatens National Wildlife Refuge That's Been 40 Years In The Making /npr-news/2020-01-14/border-wall-threatens-national-wildlife-refuge-thats-been-40-years-in-the-making Construction of the Trump administration's border wall has been slowed by difficulties acquiring private land, so the government is prioritizing construction inside federal nature sanctuaries. Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-01-14/border-wall-threatens-national-wildlife-refuge-thats-been-40-years-in-the-making John Burnett, Marisa Pe帽aloza Exotic Cat Killed By Fairfield County Deputy /news/2019-10-14/exotic-cat-killed-by-fairfield-county-deputy The Fairfield County Sheriff鈥檚 Office says a deputy shot and killed a large exotic cat Sunday afternoon.A Facebook post by the sheriff鈥檚 office said the鈥� Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:13:30 GMT /news/2019-10-14/exotic-cat-killed-by-fairfield-county-deputy Steve Brown