Category: TWS Wildlife News

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...

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) biologists have combined forces with archaeologists to develop new ways to track past activity of the marine mammals. The collaboration could help inform conservationists and biologist...

Elk (Cervus canadensis) aren’t exactly scarce in Arizona, and over the past century, their numbers have continued to grow. Wildlife managers there never had to get an exact count. Herds...

As coyotes (Canis latrans) expand their range and increase their population sizes across the eastern United States, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations are not impacted, according to new research. “I hear...

As a Duke Energy helicopter hovered 500 feet over a bald eagle nest near Lake James, North Carolina, environmental scientist Misti Sporer peered through her binoculars. “Oooh, I’m seeing one...

The president’s recently released Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal would decrease funding for many important wildlife management and conservation programs. Overall spending levels for both the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish...

The pressures of big city living may take a toll on native desert bird species, but keeping a more drought-tolerant yard may help them keep a toehold in cities like...

The Water, Oceans and Wildlife subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the State of Wildlife last week. The hearing was the third in a series led by...

Looking toward the future, researchers found migrating birds in the Western Hemisphere will likely face challenges as a result of a changing climate in the next 40 to 50 years,...

Invasive species are either the culprits or the accomplice in the extinction of some 300 species across the planet, according to new research.  “It tells us that we have quite...