Month: March 2017

Almost half of the mammals and a quarter of the birds on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species are already being negatively impacted by climate change, according to new...

In Ryan Zinke’s first week as Secretary of the Interior, he addressed his staff to discuss his plans for the department and issued his first secretarial orders. Zinke’s priorities for...

Nominations for the 2016 Distinguished Service Award will be accepted through May 1. Click on the link above to visit the Distinguished Service Award webpage or visit https://wildlife.org/awards  to learn...

The University of Maryland’s Student Chapter of TWS participated in the Lights Out Baltimore initiative this past fall semester in an effort to promote bird-safe building design and windows. The...

In the first week of February, 16 plains bison set foot in Banff National Park for the first time in more than a century. Employees with Parks Canada loaded the...

A jaguar (Panthera onca) has been captured by trail camera in Arizona, making it the third jaguar confirmed in the United States since 2011. The camera trap captured the photo...

Only 2 percent of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest lies under government protection, but some species of spotted cats appear to prefer those more protected areas, recent research suggests, and they co-exist...

Note: The Logan Cave is closed to the public in order to protect the bats. The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are conducting an annual survey...

TWS Council has approved a bylaws change to be presented to TWS members for consideration. The proposed change would move the detailed provisions and enforcement process within the Code of...

The National Women’s History Project, founded in 1980, is a nonprofit educational organization committed to recognizing and celebrating the diverse and significant historical accomplishments. Each March, the group highlights the accomplishments...