In the battle between wolf and caribou, who wins? This isn’t a battle for survival. This is bragging rights for long-distance travel. Researchers set out to determine which species globally are on the move the …
About 1 million Attwater’s prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) once occupied the coastal prairies of Texas and Lousiana. Now, less than 1 percent remain. Biologists are working to protect the remaining population and allow it to …
Humans are the main reason for adult mountain lion deaths in a struggling population living on the fringes of California’s largest city over the last two decades. But “different age classes were dying of different …
Amid the installations at the Fort Bragg Army base in North Carolina, a delicate butterfly has found a home. The St. Francis’ satyr (Neonympha mitchellii francisci) is federally listed as an endangered species — only …
Species in areas affected by hurricanes are often seen to co-evolve with the disruption to the landscape, but that doesn’t mean they’re not affected by them. TWS member Jessica Nagel looked into how hurricanes may …
At a recent House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture hearing, witnesses offered testimony on invasive species like nutria and feral swine and their effects on agriculture and the American economy. In opening …
A single piece of evidence may not solve a crime, but put together lots of pieces and investigators can paint an entire picture of a crime scene. That’s not so different from wildlife biologists looking …
To communicate with each other, birds use songs, calls and plumage. But they also use scent, thanks to oil glands above the tail — and maybe also, according to recent research, thanks to bacteria. In …
Congressional support for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 3742) continues to grow, with 152 representatives now in support of the legislation. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies …
Cleanup funds from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are rebuilding a pelican rookery on a barrier island off the Louisiana coast. Queen Bess Island supports the state’s third-largest brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) colony, but …
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