Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Oklahoma’s state flying mammal the Mexican free-tailed bat is receiving attention this spooky season from the University of Oklahoma.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in a poultry flock in Carter County Oklahoma earlier this week. Fall bird migration can spread the disease rapidly as wild birds fly south for the winter.

It is peak migration season for Monarch butterflies in Oklahoma. Scientists and citizens are getting involved in monarch butterfly conservation.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is looking forward to fall for quail hunting season. Changing weather patterns have impacts on quail populations.

The plains spotted skunk received good news from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week. The Service finds there is a viable population species in its range and that it is not at risk of extinction.

The Biden Administration's Endangered Species Act listing of some animals native to Oklahoma is being challenged by Congress. But there are landowners taking it upon themselves to volunteer their fields for prairie restoration.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has released its annual suggestions for changes to rules for hunting and wildlife management, and Oklahomans can provide feedback over the next month.

You’ve probably heard of Shark Week—a seven-day deep dive into everything shark. But if you want to celebrate toothy fish a bit closer to home, you’re in for a treat. Earlier this month, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation celebrated its first Gar Week on Twitter.

Oklahoma’s Department of Wildlife Conservation ramps up surveillance of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) after a diseased deer was found within miles of the panhandle.