Category: TWS Wildlife News

An invasive insect that can destroy entire forests of ash trees in just a few years may be using a human mode of transportation to spread — catching trains. “We’re...

When Congress adjourned at the end of December, it closed out the first session of the 116th Congress, which saw progress on a number of conservation priorities. However, few bills...

TWS member April Martinig can relate to red squirrels. Finding an apartment in Edmonton, Alberta is about as tough as it is for a squirrel in Yukon to find a...

When researchers studied the effects of aircraft flying over national parks, they expected the noise would cover up any bird song, and maybe cause birds to startle and hush up....

A handful of military bases around the United States could play an outsized role in marsh bird conservation. “Our models provide some tangible predictions for which sites are the most...

As burning from lightning-caused wildfires intensifies in the West, researchers were surprised to find that a number of bats are adapting well to the changes. “We were interested in how...

Confusion between lynx and bobcats, snakes tied into knots and wildlife diseases affecting deer, frogs and turtles reached the forefront of reader interest in 2019 at The Wildlife Society. As...

Big brown bats may be taking over the ecological food niche of little brown bats due to the latter’s greater susceptibility to a deadly fungal pathogen. “We’ve gone from a...

Small fences are keeping predators away from endangered songbird nests in Florida, buying the birds precious time while wildlife managers organize a larger landscape-wide conservation plan. “Reducing the predation by...

Given the dangers that wildlife can pose to aviation, federal recommendations suggests a buffer zone around runways free of things can could attract animals. But at Midway Airport in Chicago,...