Category: TWS Wildlife News

When Kristin Winchell was sampling Puerto Rican crested anoles(Anolis cristatellus), she began noticing lizards’ body temperatures were elevated amid the heat-trapping concrete and asphalt of urban areas. “But we didn’t really...

Three advocacy groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week, asserting that the agency unlawfully rejected their petition to list the distinct population segment of Yellowstone bison (Bison...

Riparian conservation in otherwise arid environments could help a raptor that was rarely found north of the Mexican border in previous decades to expand into the American Southwest. New research...

As technology like camera traps, drones, and acoustic monitoring becomes more prevalent and citizen science creates bigger datasets of wildlife on the landscape, researchers are taking more opportunities to study...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that it will initiate a five-year status review of the dusky gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus), the species at the center of a legal debate...

Sudden infestations of rats on small Caribbean islands caused by massive hurricanes are threatening fragile island wildlife populations. These invasive rats could wipe out populations of an endangered species of...

Light and sound pollution can dramatically alter how wildlife behave and jeopardize animal conservation. Bright lights can confuse sea turtles heading to the coastline. Noisy roads can interfere with mating...

Dogs living around a Chinese nature reserve where pandas are reintroduced can negatively affect the bears by attacking young pandas or introducing parasites and diseases. Growing evidence shows that domestic...

Birds that thrive in urban environments either have larger brains or the ability to reproduce multiple times throughout their lifespan, researchers found. Past research showed that birds with larger brains...

A fungal disease that has wiped out entire populations of amphibians across the world is also affecting snake diversity — particularly among snakes that rely on frogs or their eggs...