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The curated articles reveal an increase in bear encounters in Missouri due to the state’s rising bear population. All ...
One thing CFM continues to push for is the passage of the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, which would — in Missouri — provide $20 million to support more than 600 species of concern in the ...
Missouri Bald eagle believed to be injured in Missouri was just ‘too fat to fly,’ wildlife officials say Bald eagle unable to fly at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield had just eaten roadkill ...
Missouri's wild turkey population has seen historic lows for several years. The state's poult-to-hen ratio, or the number of young turkeys compared to adult female turkeys, reached an all-time ...
The Missouri Department of Conservation says it is “aware” of an incident in which a deer hunter killed a mountain lion in Iron County. The incident comes as last weekend marked the opening ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri wildlife officials say they euthanized a black bear in the southwest part of the state this week because someone in the area was feeding it, causing the animal to no ...
The Missouri River has eight congressionally authorized purposes including navigation, irrigation, flood control, water supply, water quality, recreation, hydropower and fish and wildlife.
A national wildlife refuge in southeast Missouri is among the 10 most endangered in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday by Defenders of Wildlife.
Scientists in the Columbia, Missouri, lab have studied the relationship between animals, toxic chemicals and ecosystems since the 1960s. Today, research of PFAS, invasive and endangered species ...
In 2021, Missouri implemented a highly regulated black bear hunting season for two weeks of October every year. Patrice Pyatt, the Wildlife Damage Biologist for the department, said the season is ...
Federal wildlife officials on Monday proposed listing a large butterfly once prevalent in the grasslands of Kansas and Missouri as threatened. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would ...