Tracking sea otter tool use to inform conservation
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) biologists have combined forces with archaeologists to develop new ways to track past activity of the marine mammals. The collaboration could help ...
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Climate change has birds migrating earlier
Climate change has pushed migratory birds to take their spring trips a week earlier than they did six decades ago. According to a large-scale analysis of data ...
TWS member makes splash with gargantuan gator encounter
When Brent Howze received a call about a big alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) wallowing around in a farmer’s irrigation ditch on a Monday morning in ...
Ground light may shine too brightly for bird migration
Street lamps may be disrupting a migratory bird’s eye view, according to new research. “Even simple lights in our backyard are changing the flights of birds ...
Ospreys recover in Chesapeake despite pollutants
The Chesapeake Bay is now home to around 10,000 mating pairs of ospreys despite constant levels of some chemical pollutants in the water. “The osprey population ...
Game not always umbrella species for conservation
Conserving game species may not always provide trickle-down benefits for all species in ecosystems, according to new research. Sometimes, the effects of sustaining ...