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A corkboard with images of two gray raptors with red barring on their breasts.
Wild Double Take: Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike raptors.

Nov 16, 2023

Photo of a black and white bird in two hands with a cavity tree in the background.
Louisiana Gives Oklahoma’s Endangered Woodpecker Population a Boost

Twelve red-cockaded woodpeckers were recently relocated to Oklahoma’s shortleaf pine forest from a donor population in Louisiana.

Nov 16, 2023

A corkboard with images of two rusty-colored foxes
Wild Double Take: Swift and Gray Foxes

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike foxes, the swift and gray foxes.

Oct 26, 2023

A Mexican free-tailed bat with a small transmitter on its back in a gloved hand.
State’s Flying Mammal Focus of Ongoing OU Research

Researchers from the University of Oklahoma are assessing the overall health and movements of the Mexican free-tailed bat at the Wildlife Department’s Selman Bat Cave WMA.

Oct 26, 2023

Easter bluebird, photo by Kelly Adams/ODWC
Bird Feeding Tips

We share tips for maintaining a bird feeding station.

Oct 24, 2023

Whooping Crane. Photo by USDA
Endangered Whooping Cranes to Move through Oklahoma

Whooping cranes to make 2,500-mile migration with stops in Oklahoma.

Oct 23, 2023

A series of structures with a sign for the Selman Living Lab in northwestern Oklahoma.
Tracking Wildlife in the Latest Digital Revolution

A new Motus Wildlife Tracking System tower was recently installed at the Selman Living Laboratory in northwestern Oklahoma. The end goal of this technology is tracking wildlife as they migrate through the state.

Sep 28, 2023

The underside of a pale crayfish with eggs under the tail.
Rare Oklahoma Crayfish Hatched at Texas Zoo

The Center for Conservation and Research – San Antonio Zoo has successfully hatched 47 Oklahoma cave crayfish in a lab setting.

Sep 18, 2023

A tan fish with an elongaged snout swims along the cobble.
Meet Three Little-Known Fish of Oklahoma

Beyond our state’s familiar bass, crappie, and catfish swim schools of incredibly diverse and little-known fish.

Aug 24, 2023

A bird with a red head, black back and white wingtips perches on a broken branch.
Biologist Hauls in Remarkable Woodpecker Sightings

Four species of woodpecker were detected within an Oklahoma Breeding Bird Atlas survey block near the community of Vinson. The survey was completed as part of the state's second atlas effort.

Aug 24, 2023