Category: TWS Wildlife News

June 30, 2017

ConocoPhillips receives DU Conservation Achievement Award

MEMPHIS, Tennessee – June 6, 2017 – ConocoPhillips, the multinational energy corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, received the inaugural Ducks Unlimited Corporate Conservation Achievement Award Saturday, June 3, at DU’s...

June 29, 2017

WSB study: Acoustic lures help net elusive bats

Bat researchers have trouble using nets to catch species that forage in open spaces and fly too high, out of reach of traditional netting methods. But researchers seeking to catch...

June 28, 2017

Court overturns DOJ’s McKittrick Policy

On Jun. 21, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ruled in favor of WildEarth Guardians and the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance when it found that the government...

June 28, 2017

Overhead view of seals reveals dramatic recovery

Using a mix of technology in high places, researchers confirmed that gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) off the coast of New England and eastern Canada have recovered over the past 45...

June 28, 2017

New species, ‘Humboldt’s flying squirrel,’ discovered

Certain populations of small, dark flying squirrels that live in cool forests along the Pacific Coast are actually a unique species that had never been classified before, researchers discovered. They...

June 27, 2017

Lionfish documented preying on previously unknown species

Known to wreak havoc along shallower reefs by outcompeting or eating up native organisms, invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) are now swimming into deep, largely unexplored reefs and devouring species scientists...

June 26, 2017

Ecosystem medicine: Effective integrated vegetation management

Early in my career as a utility forester, I recommended a broadcast treatment of wetland-approved herbicides on a stand of red maple trees growing under a high voltage electric transmission...

June 23, 2017

Aging elk learn to stay clear of hunters

Mark Boyce couldn’t help but notice the difference in the elk he was studying in Alberta. When hunting season arrived, their behavior visibly changed. As the roads became busy with...

June 22, 2017

Microhabitats drive butterfly diversity

Butterflies’ wing patterns often signal to birds that they’re toxic, and other species of butterflies will sometimes display the same patterns to maximize the chance they won’t be eaten. But...

June 21, 2017

Congress seeks wildfire funding fix with reintroduced bill

The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (WDFA) has been reintroduced by Representatives Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR). The bill, previously introduced during the 113th and 114th Congress, varies slightly...