Category: Around the Web

How do butterflies get their colors? For one species, a single gene controls whether the spots on their wings are white or yellow. Using gene editing tools, biologists with the...

If you’re looking for bees, look no further than the Beehive State. Utah has more bee species than most states in the nation, researchers found. One out of every four...

American mink (Neovison vison) populations along New York’s Hudson River are declining, and researchers say it may be due to water pollution. A recent study commissioned by the inter-government Hudson...

Warmer winters are imperiling New England moose as winter tick numbers swell, resulting in an unprecedented die-off of moose calves. In a study led by TWS member Peter Pekins, researchers...

Arizona Game and Fish biologists euthanized three bighorn sheep that had been in contact with escaped domestic sheep. Regional supervisor Mike Sumner said it was needed to prevent disease from...

Biologists studying Peters’ tent-making bats (Uroderma bilobatum) noticed a behavior that’s never been documented before. Mothers prod their young with their forearms, possibly encouraging them to fledge and wean. “Our...

The World Wildlife Fund’s 2018 Living Planet report demonstrates a global wildlife population loss of 60 percent between 1970 and 2014. The report, which tracks over 4,000 species of mammals,...

A hurricane appears to have wiped out a remote Hawaiian island that served as important nesting grounds for threatened green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) and pupping grounds for endangered Hawaiian...

On the British overseas territory of Gough Island in the South Atlantic, albatross numbers are plummeting, and researchers say the reason is introduced house mice. The researchers discovered that the...

A pair of TWS members will be featured on the Canadian nature show “The Nature of Things.” Art Rodgers and Ullas Karanth will appear on the episode “Spying on Animals,”...