Month: October 2016

A settlement agreement has ordered United States Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services (WS) to cease all predator damage management actions in certain areas of Nevada until the program can prove...

Endangered deer in the Florida Keys are suffering grizzly deaths from an infestation of flesh-eating maggots. The parasites, known as New World screwworms (Cochliomyia hominivorax), are the larvae of flies...

While Alaskan gulls are often infected with the common bacteria E. coli, it appears that some strains found in the birds have developed a resistance to antibiotics. And we might...

The Abilene Christian University Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society recently started a new community project at their campus. Members are working to develop a new wildlife trail that will...

Jaguars are symbols of wild rainforest ecosystems, but new research suggests they are not limited to such remote haunts. In the state of Nayarit on Mexico’s western coast, jaguars (Panthera...

On Sept. 28, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop authorizing the harassment or killing of endangered red wolves (Canis rufus) without proof the wolf...

Between our Wildlife Films Showcase and TWS Featured Films session, conference attendees will have the opportunity to see 10 films during this year’s conference in Raleigh. This year’s Wildlife Films...

Endangered kites in Florida may have an unlikely savior: a type of invasive snail the size of a baseball. Until recently, the Florida population of snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)...

From Oct 9-15, National Wildlife Refuge Week will help members of the public celebrate the wonders of the world through wildlife refuges. As part of this U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

Red imported fire ants are known to cause destruction in species such as the federally endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) in Texas. They interfere with the chickens’ eggs and...