Endangered Species

Zuri and Kianga are the first rhinos at Milwaukee County Zoo since 2021. Due to the fragile population, zoo keepers hope the two will have offspring.

After first receiving approval two years ago, Wisconsin’s wolf harvest regulations are set to take effect in November.

This summer, the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin hosted a field trip in southwest Wisconsin to see thousands of bats emerge from their roost to feed at sunset, and return as a massive swarm at dawn.

An endangered whooping crane set for release into the wild in Wisconsin died this month after contracting highly pathogenic avian influenza. It’s the first confirmed whooping crane death caused by HPAI, according to the International Crane Foundation.

State wildlife regulators say Wisconsin’s wolf population has grown to more than 1,200 wolves and appears to be stabilizing, according to revised population estimates.

Conservation advocates are petitioning the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to list the gray wolf as a state-threatened or endangered species as Republicans in Congress seek to remove federal protections for the animal.

Conservation and environmental groups are worried the Trump administration’s proposal to redefine harm under the Endangered Species Act may severely limit habitat protections for species in Wisconsin.

More than 2,000 volunteers are set to participate in this year’s Annual Midwest Crane Count, a long-running citizen science program.

The state Senate’s sporting heritage committee is weighing whether to approve, deny or request changes to wolf harvest regulations developed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Wisconsin U.S. House Rep. Tom Tiffany and GOP lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to remove federal protections for gray wolves across most of the country.