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Photographers and California residents have spotted and photographed blue-eyed coyotes (Canis latrans) throughout the state, from Sacramento to Santa Cruz. The species usually has golden-brown irises. Biologists say the blue...

TWS members Annemarie Prince, Melia DeVivo and Sara Hansen, were recently spotlighted in The Spokesman Review as three Washington state wildlife scientists helping pave the way for other women wildlifers....

The last known Sehuencas water frog (Telmatobius yuracare) existed alone in captivity in Bolivia while biologists searched for a possible mate. After 10 years, they succeeded. On an expedition to...

The U.S. government temporarily returned to full funding late Friday night after more than a month of a partial government shutdown that resulted in hundreds of thousands of furloughed government employees...

Pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) and great tits (Parus major) interact a lot. Both rely on the sudden appearance of caterpillars to raise their young, and both compete for the same...

California wildlife officials say a January outbreak of avian cholera has killed thousands of ducks, gulls and other water birds at the Salton Sea. Such outbreaks occur annually due to...

A colony of feral cats (Felis catus) has been removed from Long Island’s Jones Beach State Park and taken to animal shelters in an effort to protect piping plovers (Charadrius...

The population of San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) in Bakersfield, California is declining rapidly due to an outbreak of sarcoptic mange. Bakersfield’s KBAK/KBFX reports that the population of...

How do you find a little mouse amid tall plants? That was the challenge facing researchers trying to detect the presence of the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus luteus...

The Florida Keys’ population of ospreys is no longer considered an imperiled species by the state. State wildlife officials announced that a yearlong review found the number of birds is...