Category: TWS Wildlife News

Scientists have long known that fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Gulf of California are unusual. They’re spotted there year-round, while most other whale species migrate. Using satellite data, researchers...

A species of frog that inhabits remote mountain pools in the Pacific Northwest is likely to go extinct by the end of the century, researchers found. The Cascades frog (Rana...

When fire or logging comes to a forest, elk (Cervus canadensis) can usually adapt, but looking at forests in the Rockies, researchers found that elk avoid areas that have been...

Mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) are known to be a territorial species, but researchers recently found that the presence of lead in the environment can make them even more territorial and aggressive....

Nicholas Gladstone had to crawl through a watery passage in a Tennessee cave to find the species he was looking for, but as it turned out, it found him first....

President Donald Trump has nominated Deputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to take the position as the department’s secretary. The nomination comes less than two months after Ryan Zinke stepped down from the...

Using  environmental conditions projected for ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in the Arctic, researchers found there may be less snow, which can spell bad news for the species. The seals rely...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has updated recovery plans developed under the Endangered Species Act to ensure that the recovery criteria are measurable and quantifiable. The update involves 26 recovery plans...

A team of researchers has found successful conservation strategies that could mitigate the impacts of climate change on sea turtles. Working on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, the...

Last week, Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Tom Carper, D-Del., and Reps. Alan Lowenthal, D-Cal., and Don Young, R-Alaska, reintroduced the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act(S. 268/H.R. 872),...