Category: TWS Wildlife News

In Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland, imperiled mountain plovers choose nesting habitats on the edges of black-tailed prairie dog colonies, researchers found. The grassland plover species is known to nest...

Environmental impact assessments used in many countries to analyze the effects of human activities on wildlife and ecosystems have scientific shortcomings the world over, according to new research. Many of...

Marie Sigaud was studying bison behavior in Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan when she observed some strange behavior. While the bison (Bison bison bison) spent their days in the...

In response to a 2018 court order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review its Mexican gray wolf management by preparing a supplement to their 2014 environmental impact statement....

USDA-Wildlife Services has identified 12 states where it will implement nonlethal strategies to reduce or prevent depredation on livestock by wildlife. The fiscal year 2020 budget allocated $1.38 million for...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add 75 species to the list of bird species covered by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The agency will also remove eight species....

Colored in drab brown with zebra-like stripes across its breast and standing about a foot tall, the Guam rail that zookeepers call Tasi isn’t much to look at in first...

Habitat degradation, wildlife exploitation and wildlife adaptation to anthropogenic resources all put animals in closer contact with people, which researchers say help zoonotic diseases — like the novel coronavirus —...

Trapping elusive flying squirrels isn’t easy — some research shows biologists have just a 1% success rate. Nest boxes are another option, but they sometimes have to be deployed for...

Wildlife Services has worked with Middlesex County Parks since 2014 to manage wildlife damage by many species. Since our efforts focus on Canada goose and Atlantic brant management, when the...