wildlife officials

Beachgoers in north Florida have noticed dozens of dead sea birds on the sand recently, but wildlife officials say there's nothing to worry about.

Dogs could be used to chase black bears in Kentucky under a newly unveiled proposal that's being heralded by hunters and assailed by animal rights activists.

Ohio wildlife officials want to know if the discovery of a bobcat's remains along a Columbus area road is a sign that the animal's comeback is bringing the cats into urban areas.

Massachusetts wildlife officials are preparing to count bald eagles during the annual midwinter survey of the coast and major rivers, lakes and reservoirs.

Connecticut wildlife officials are drafting plans for a bear hunt lottery that would decide who gets to kill a limited number of bears.

White-tailed deer populations in parts of eastern Montana and elsewhere in the Northern Plains could take years to recover from a devastating disease that killed thousands of the animals in recent months, wildlife officials and hunting outfitters said.

North Carolina wildlife officials are allowing hunters who obtain a special license to hunt pigs in the wild after dark as long as they use lights.

A lone gray wolf has wandered across the Oregon border into California in what wildlife officials hailed Thursday as the historic return of a species not seen in the state in more than 80 years.

Many natural Christmas trees wind up in landfills after the holidays. Kentucky wildlife officials are suggesting another destination for the discarded trees.

Over the objections of the U.S. Forest Service, wildlife officials in California are taking steps at the state level to protect a rare woodpecker partly because the federal agency won't stop logging the bird's ever-shrinking habitat in burned stands of national forests in the Sierra Nevada.