Author: Carson Maness

During the winter of 2013-14, scientists and the public throughout the eastern states were amazed – and often delighted – by an almost unprecedented influx of snowy owls. Snowy owls...

The bird with the world’s longest known migration route, a tiny minnow that inhabits Texan rivers, and the wolves that once roamed over wide stretches of the continent are among...

The Policy Brief Series, TWS’s go-to resource for federal policies and programs impacting wildlife, welcomes three new additions with an avian focus. Members of The Wildlife Society can now readily...

New York became the first state to ban hydraulic fracturing – better known as fracking – after Governor Andrew Cuomo banned the process last week. Fracking currently occurs in other...

On November 5, 2014, Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Research Center scientists and partners with the City and County of Broomfield, Colorado State University, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Jefferson County Open...

The Sacramento-Shasta Chapter of TWS will be hosting a two day workshop on Bald and Golden Eagles in California on January 14-15, 2015 at Sacramento State University, Redwood Room. The...

A federal judge has placed gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan back under Endangered Species Act protections. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service originally de-listed the species in 2011....

Have you heard of the coconut crab? Found on small islands in the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, this crab is so large it can break open coconuts with its...

Free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) are widely understood to have substantial negative impacts on wildlife. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists cats among the world’s worst...

Flying dragons in Borneo adopt Christmas colors to mimic the red and green hues of falling leaves in an effort to hide from predatory birds, according to new research. But...