A career in wildlife biology may consist of conducting research through a university, zoo, or science museum or of working for the government or private corporations. When based out of an academic organization, wildlife biologists dedicate their time...

A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying...

Security agents are investigating a Russian scientist for allegedly trying to smuggle out of Russia materials that could be used in building a biological or bacteriological weapon, the scientist and his co-workers said Friday.Oleg Mediannikov is the latest in a growing number of academics and...

Federal biologists are examining decades of witness reports and scientific research as they try to determine once and for all if eastern mountain lions thought to be extinct are actually living in Maine.Mountain lions, also known as cougars or panthers, are believed to be extinct...

A wildlife biologist at Grand Canyon National Park likely died from the plague through his exposure to wild animals that can carry the disease, the National Park Service said Friday.Eric York, 37, was found dead in his home Nov. 2. Following his death, about 30...

State biologists hope electric shocks can help them remove a voracious, non-native catfish from a south Georgia river where it is devouring native fish.A crew of three DNR biologists is on the Satilla River three or four days a week, sending an electrical charge into...