ATLANTA – A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan to expand the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge – including land near the swamp being eyed by a mining company – received strong support this week.
When Dennis Van Denbos surprised the sow and three cubs in 2007, she charged and bit him. In the wake of her death, he reflects on the intense encounter with a bear that later became ardently beloved.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calls Hawaiʻi the "endangered species capital of the world," adding that more than 5,000 invasive plants and animals put native species and landscapes at risk.