Category: TWS Wildlife News

Home hunting is always a challenge, but eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) face the danger of getting killed if they don’t find the right rock to hide under.  “Stream flow can...

As barred owls (Strix varia) have moved in and taken over threatened northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) territory on the West Coast, management has focused mostly on removing barred...

An international study has found that a fungal disease among amphibians is responsible for the greatest loss of biodiversity attributable to a disease ever recorded. Researchers found the chytrid fungus...

A new review of the levels of human-generated noise and the marine mammals exposed to it shows that some animals may be more sensitive than scientists previously thought. Porpoises, in...

The Bureau of Land Management has finalized changes to its management plans for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation on public land in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, completing a process...

Half-ounce songbirds, blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) redefine the meaning of endurance in their epic trip from the northwestern edge of Alaska to the East Coast before continuing on to Venezuela,...

Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Refuge Association sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an effort to halt the winter feeding program at the...

Last week, acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt signed a new secretarial order related to public access for outdoor recreation on public lands. This is one of two new secretarial orders Bernhardt...

Feed a Bee, the national pollinator forage initiative by Bayer, has reached its goal of awarding grants supporting diverse forage for pollinators in all 50 states. The 50th recipient awarded...

Some butterflies have a clear means of protection, and predators can see right through it. According to new research, clearwing butterflies have evolved these transparent traits in order to avoid...