wildlife

The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission has put over 12,000 acres of a remote wildlife area, called Egypt Valley, out to bid for fracking.

You can't tell a bird that it's unsafe to live on top of power equipment, but AEP Ohio is giving ospreys a safer option: nearby nesting platforms.

Trained federal wildlife professionals will use firearms equipped with suppressors and ammunition designed to disintegrate on impact to reduce the Worthington's deer population.

A rare species called the fisher is making a comeback in Ohio, spotted recently in the Cleveland Metroparks.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio Bird Sanctuary officials released the young bald eagle at Scioto Audubon Metro Park on Aug. 18.

Choosing plants for a garden can be daunting. Northeast Ohio horticulturalists explain why you might want to go native.

Last year, Ohio biologists collected a pregnant fisher killed on the side of the road. They say it’s a sign the weasel-like animal could be reproducing here again, for the first time in more than a century.

Researchers out of Bowling Green State University are studying the effects of pharmaceuticals on northwest Ohio’s waterways.

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.

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.