Wildlife

Wisconsin’s hunters killed almost 4,300 bears this year, exceeding the state’s quota and rebounding after their lowest harvest in 15 years last season.

Accusations of bias surround a legislative committee studying ways to manage Wisconsin’s growing sandhill crane as it considers a package of bills Wednesday, including a proposal for a sandhill crane hunt.

State wildlife regulators say a warm winter and dry weather this fall could improve hunters’ chances during the nine-day gun deer season, but they’re expecting a similar harvest to last year due to a late start.

DNR conservation biologist Jennifer Redell is encouraged after years of concern about White Nose Syndrome in Wisconsin bats. At two of the state’s largest hibernation sites, they’ve seen population growth each of the last three years.

Northern counties could manage deer based on habitat rather than county lines for the first time in a decade under changes proposed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

State and local authorities say they’re recommending more than a dozen civil and criminal charges against four suspects who allegedly killed more than 100 deer across several counties in eastern Wisconsin. 

Bill Volkert, a retired wildlife educator, returned to WPR’s “The Larry Meiller Show” to talk about the wonders of our feathered voyagers. Here are four takeaways.

As migrating birds fly south through Wisconsin, they encounter hazards that can be fatal – such as cats, wind turbines and windows.  

Bird enthusiasts have gathered in the same spot on the shores of Lake Superior for over 25 years to see migrating parasitic jaegers.

Two Wisconsinites have died and a third has been hospitalized from the mosquito-borne illness.