Month: June 2015

Bob Warren
June 2, 2015

TWS Member Receives VA Tech’s Alumni Leadership Award

TWS Member Robert “Bob” J. Warren was presented with the Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award by Virginia Tech’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. For more information on the...

Salamander
June 2, 2015

Cold-blooded Animals Will Have Global Warming Struggle

Animals that are cold-blooded or unable to regulate their internal body temperature may find it hard adjusting to global warming changes, according to a recent study. For their study published...

Suburban feral swine damage
June 1, 2015

Collaborating to Halt Feral Swine Damage – from The Wildlife Professional Magazine

From the summer 2015 issue of The Wildlife Professional Collaborating to Halt Feral Swine Damage Early Efforts Showing Success Unconstrained or unclaimed swine — which include Eurasian wild boars, Polynesian...

Elephants
June 1, 2015

Large Herbivores at Risk of Extinction

When you think of valuable tangible goods, items such as gold come to mind, but there might be valuable items that you haven’t considered including rhinoceros horns and ivory tusks...

Rattlesnake
June 1, 2015

Rattlesnake Species Faces Problems with Fire Prevention

While the drought-stricken western United States is doing all it can to prevent wildfires, in the eastern portion of the country fire prevention spells doom for the once-thriving eastern diamondback...

A great Indian bustard
June 1, 2015

Captive Breeding for Endangered Species May Not Be Answer

Taking some of the last few remaining animals into captivity in hopes of breeding shouldn’t always be the last resort to save species, according to new research. Instead, agencies and...