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The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center says it has lost another bald eagle taken into its care to lead poisoning. The eagle, ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center will release the first Merlin falcon ever successfully raised in a rehabilitation setting in Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 4:30 p.m. The release will take ...

A bald eagle found injured in Franklin County, and successfully rehabbed at the Wildlife Center of Virginia, is going to be returned to the wild this week. The public is invited to attend and ...

A bald eagle known as Maggie died from lead poisoning Monday morning after she was found too weak to fly beneath her nest of ...

ROANOKE, Va. – The first Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have been spotted in Virginia! According to the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, hummingbird migration is underway, and it won’t be long before ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WRIC) — A third bald eagle has been admitted to Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center in less than two weeks, with the most recent rescue requiring a staff member to cross a creek to bring ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Leave bear dens alone! That's the message the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources wants to get out as bears take shelter in dens for the winter. "While the fall was fairly mild ...

TAPPAHANNOCK, Va. — Dozens of birds were found dead in Tappahannock on Saturday morning, prompting a state wildlife investigation into the incident. Multiple people posted on Facebook about a flock of ...

Lawmakers should approve a voluntary grant fund to help pay for projects designed to implement the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — This weekend, the Wildlife Warriors for the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center hosted its annual ‘baby shower’ to fundraise and stockpile supplies ahead of ‘baby season.’ “A lot ...