Wildlife

As the climate warms, scientists are working against the clock to solve a mystery about why the Bicknell's thrush, which travels thousands of miles to raise its young on mountaintops across Vermont and the Northeast, is declining.

A timber rattlesnake was removed from a yard in Grand Isle this summer — far from the only known breeding grounds in Vermont. Experts say it could have hitched a ride to the island in a car or boat.

Quebec’s first case since 2015 was found just a mile across the border from a rabid raccoon in Highgate.

For the last six years, retired vacationer Rick Willever has delivered live footage of a family of bald eagles to online viewers across Vermont and the country.

The state won’t apply for a federal grant to help fund construction for an underpass beneath I-89 and Route 2 in Waterbury, estimated to cost $50 million.

Vermont has the most birders per capita in the U.S., according to data from a popular birding app. The Birds of Vermont Museum recently hosted birders for the Great Backyard Bird Count.

At a hearing Tuesday night, commercial anglers urged state regulators not to adopt proposed changes to Vermont’s panfish rules.

Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent per year since 2000.

"You don't get up at 7 o'clock in the morning and spend the whole day stomping around outside, freezing to death or getting soaking wet, unless it's something you're really committed to," said Sally Laughlin, who has organized the Christmas Bird Count in Woodstock for 50 years.

"We’re trending in the right direction," says Vermont state biologist, based on the body weights and reproductive rates of harvested moose.