Category: TWS Wildlife News

A deterioration in their primary prey may be affecting the recovery of martens in Wisconsin, according to ongoing research. “Their primary prey is absent, or at least really reduced in...

Lawmakers highlighted the challenges of wildlife diseases during two Congressional hearings last week. The Environment and Public Works Committee explored the impact of disease on wildlife health, human health and...

More than 9 million acres of roadless area in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest could become open to potential logging. The U.S. Forest Service proposed exempting Alaska’s Tongass National Forest from...

Sometimes he’s identifying snakes from tweeted pictures. Sometimes he’s reaching out to the public to increase awareness — and ease people’s phobias — of snakes. To his colleagues, David Steen...

Grizzlies in western Canada may need to look both ways before they cross the train tracks. Although grizzlies (Ursus arctos horribilis) have often been witnessed alongside the rails seeking grain...

Bringing in Texas pumas in the mid-’90s reduced Florida panther inbreeding and increased the panther’s genetic diversity threefold, researchers found after sequencing the panther’s genome. The Florida panther (Puma concolor...

The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet Oct. 29 to 31 to discuss the federal government’s management of select free-roaming horses and burros — both on public...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service classified the recently extirpated southern mountain population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in parts of Idaho and Washington state as endangered under the...

Giving turtles a chance to grow in captivity is more important for their future success in the wild than environmental enrichment, according to new research. “It doesn’t really matter so...

In some wildlife reintroductions, every animal returned to the wild dies. In others, predators released into a nature reserves move to adjacent cattle ranches and prey on livestock. Many translocations...