Category: TWS Wildlife News

Whale-watching has been a fast-growing tourist activity in Peru. The country’s 2,414-kilometer coastline gives visitors plenty of access to humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the waters where they nurse during...

Site visits are critical to helping scientists learn more about species and their habitats.  The trips often take them into areas most people do not have a chance to explore,...

Noise pollution from nearby cars on highways is known to bother many species. But researchers recently found some wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus), which rely on sound to find mates, have...

The recent passage of the 2018 Farm Bill creates the largest single source of federal funding for private land conservation. The bulk of funding in the five-year, $867 billion Farm...

Counting moose (Alces alces) isn’t an easy task. It helps to have a helicopter, but even then, the moose blend in with the ground and disappear under tree canopies. That...

In opposition to the federal government’s interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, California is issuing its own legal guidance, affirming that “California law continues to provide robust protections for...

Legislation introduced earlier this month by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., would establish a “National Wildlife Corridors System.” If passed into law, the bill would strive...

Red wolves (Canis rufus) were thought to be extinct in the wild, outside of a reintroduced population in North Carolina. But a pair of recent studies have found coyote (Canis...

Researchers knew that Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) hatchlings travel in a straight line toward dark horizons, but they didn’t know how they navigated. Some turtles, such as loggerhead sea turtles...

President Trump announced late last week that Ryan Zinke plans to leave his position as secretary of the Interior. Zinke, a former Navy SEAL and congressman from Montana, was confirmed...