Category: TWS Wildlife News

A new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service analysis finds the National Wildlife Refuge system has an overall economic impact of $3.2 billion per year. The findings were part of the...

White-nose syndrome has devastated bat populations across much of North America, but researchers have found that applying probiotic bacteria can reduce the disease’s impacts and help struggling populations survive. Combined...

When albatross populations on the Hawaiian island of Kauai found themselves under aerial attack, the U.S. Navy and biologists teamed up to find the birds a new home. A population...

The transport and release of live feral swine to new areas represents one of the biggest threats to feral swine (Sus scrofa) management. Only roughly half of all states currently...

When either breeders or eager citizens raise monarch butterflies, they may be raising individuals that can’t migrate, according to new research. The idea to study the migration patterns of captive-bred...

Forests on land previously used for agriculture or grazing, known as secondary forests, may be less suitable for long-lived salamanders. While new research shows that large numbers of vernal pools...

Last week, the House passed the appropriations bill authorizing funding for the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the appropriations...

In an effort to address feral swine (Sus scrofa) control and eradication, the Agriculture Department’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are partnering on a...

Fast-tracked bald eagle recovery may have taken a bite out of osprey and heron populations in Voyageurs National Park. Populations of fish-eating birds like ospreys (Pandion haliaetus), bald eagles (Haliaeetus...

Wildlife managers can now capture birds by trapping them inside their nests using a remote-controlled device similar to a garage door opener. Dave Shutler, TWS member and a biology professor...