Category: TWS Wildlife News

October 28, 2020

For some carnivores, half their diet comes from human food

Human food comprises up to half the diet of carnivores living close to people, researchers found, which can have consequences for the individuals and the ecosystem. “A lot of us...

October 27, 2020

Drones reveal grebes’ nesting activity

Forget about sneaking up on a flock of western grebes. In the Cascade reservoir in western Idaho, the birds sometimes nest on floating patches of vegetation. If they don’t take...

October 27, 2020

Monarchs, bees use cultivated milkweeds as much as wild ones

Monarch butterflies and bee species use ornamental milkweed plants — the kind sold at garden centers — just as much as they use native plants, researchers found. “There’s a ‘native-plant’...

October 23, 2020

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launches new permitting system

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has launched a new electronic permitting system for dealing with protected species. The new permitting system, or ePermits, will help simplify and expedite the...

October 22, 2020

TWS expresses concerns about new training guidance

The Wildlife Society wrote to the heads of the U.S Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management regarding recent guidance from the Trump administration that the...

October 22, 2020

Trump administration to appeal migratory bird decision

The Trump administration intends to appeal the recent district court decision that struck down its policy interpreting the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exclude incidental take The notice of appeal,...

October 21, 2020

Bison to be removed from Grand Canyon’s north rim

Grand Canyon National Park and the Arizona Game and Fish Department have reached an agreement that will allow skilled volunteers to remove bison (Bison bison) from the northern rim of...

October 21, 2020

How has COVID-19 affected wildlife in Italy?

Teaser: Data collected on wildlife in the first European country to go into lockdown shows a mixed bag of benefits and negative impacts Wolves are getting closer to cities and...

October 20, 2020

Indigenous observations track caribou through climate change

It started out as an international collaborative effort to track the potential effects of future oil and gas development on a large, migratory caribou population. But a decade worth of...

October 14, 2020

The Wildlife Society comments on critical habitat rule

The Wildlife Society expressed concerns that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent proposal to update its process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations for threatened and endangered species under...