Category: TWS Wildlife News

In September, University of North Dakota students in Susan Felege’s wildlife management class —  many of them TWS student chapter members — attended an 8-hour workshop presented by the Wildlife...

The Senate sent the president a continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21 as the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year approached. While the House passed...

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife considered several conservation bills last week, including one that would reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. The “North American...

Shorebirds can weather destructive hurricanes, according to new research. A far bigger threat may be the gradual rise in sea levels. “It’s tempting to focus on the big visible events...

Last month, the Department of the Interior announced the transfer of 560 acres of federal land along the United States-Mexico border to the Department of the Army, for the purpose...

DNA sleuths are identifying predators from kill sites with the help of the saliva they leave on their prey. “Our broader study was transformed by this technique, which was successful...

Two closely related species — Allen’s (Selasphorus sasin) and rufous hummingbirds (S. rufus) — are interbreeding in a newly discovered hybrid zone spanning from Northern California to southern Oregon. Around 2013...

During a hearing by the Water and Wildlife Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee, subcommittee members discussed a new bill (H.R. 4348), introduced last month by Natural Resources Chairman...

Elephant seals have had a spectacular journey from the brink of extinction, and they may owe it to a group of “supermoms” responsible for most of the reproduction. In a...

Take a look at the blood chemistry of a hibernating bear, and it will look a lot like a human with diabetes. After bulking up on fat in the fall,...