Insights from a Decade of Wildlife Study
Sometimes the discovery of what makes our fish and wildlife thrive starts with a search of the state and leads to more questions. Here's what we've learned from a decade of wildlife study.
Survey Team Evaluates Potential of Five River Segments for Alligator Snapping Turtles
Conservation groups have been partnering for nearly two decades to restore alligator snapping turtles in our state.
Tulsa Woman Kicks off Retirement from Cricket-filled Career with ... Cricket Surveys
Peggy Hill, professor emerita with the University of Tulsa, may be recently retired, but that hasn’t stopped her from studying nature - especially the nature of crickets - or from contributing to science.
Fishing Out the Flies...Mayflies & Caddisflies
Team effort studies sensitive aquatic mayflies and caddisflies.
Oklahoma Lakes Surveyed for Invasive Plants
Priscilla Crawford, conservation biologist for the Oklahoma Biological Survey, has visited more than 100 lakes in her hunt for invasive plants.
Ozark Plateau Refuge Studies Shed Light on Status of Bats
Biologists survey Oklahoma bats and monitor the Refuge's population for the effects of a relatively new bat disease known as white-nose syndrome.
A Health Checkup for Oklahoma's Frogs and Salamanders
The Wildlife Department Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History partnered to track the presence and emergence of amphibian infectious diseases.
Digging Up Some Data on Shovelnose Sturgeon
Four-year shovelnose sturgeon study conducted in view of Tulsa skyline.
Night-flying Insects Surveyed in Osage County
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire partnered with the Wildlife Department to see if the rattlesnake master borer moth, and other night-flying insects were present in Osage County.
Bounding After Texas Kangaroo Rats
Researchers with the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History searched for Texas kangaroo rats at nearly 200 sites to no avail.