Category: TWS Wildlife News

December 12, 2019

JWM: For spotted owls, missing the trees for the forest

Protecting remaining old growth forests won’t always conserve northern spotted owls, a team of researchers found. Instead, they say, managers may need to zoom in to finer scales to see...

December 11, 2019

Administration’s regulatory agenda would affect wildlife

Many of the anticipated rules released by the White house Office of Management and Budget’s semiannual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions will affect The Wildlife Society’s conservation priorities....

December 10, 2019

Endangered Hawaiian duck genetics persist on Kauai

Genetics research reveals the endangered koloa — the only native Hawaiian duck left on the main Hawaiian Islands — persists despite its hybridization with feral mallards. The island of Kauai...

December 10, 2019

JWM: Two similar species have different responses to climate

Trappers in Quebec have been noticing an unusual shift on their lines taking place over the past few decades. Fishers have been on the rise, while martens have been declining....

December 9, 2019

WSB: Two thumbs up for Colorado two-strike bear policy

Since 1985, Colorado wildlife officers have had a two-strike policy in dealing with black bears. One call about a bear in the trash, the car trunk or the kitchen, and...

December 9, 2019

Giant motorcycle rally affects wildlife in national park

The sounds of revving engines and accelerating choppers during South Dakota’s famous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally changes the activity of several wildlife species in the national monument where one of the...

December 6, 2019

For mammal diversity, land protections aren’t always enough

Even if an area is protected, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is more mammal diversity than unprotected areas, researchers in Canada found. Instead, it’s the landscape features within and between...

December 5, 2019

Wild Cam: Habitat restoration not enough to protect caribou

Across the landscape of British Columbia and Alberta stretch hundreds of thousands of kilometers of seismic lines — strips of land cleared to test for oil and gas resources underground....

December 5, 2019

Helping beavers move to the suburbs

Sometimes problems and needs synchronize and we are able to reduce damage while supporting promising ecological restoration efforts. That was the case this past summer in Colorado. Nick Kaczor, CWB,...

December 4, 2019

WSB: Fake birds help conserve New Zealand terns

Conservationists can attract threatened terns to nesting habitat safe from invasive predators in New Zealand by deploying fake bird models and using speaker systems to play bird sounds. Black-fronted terns...