Category: TWS Wildlife News

December 11, 2017

Bayer Bee Care and TWS partner to improve bee health

When Daymond Hughes was around 10 years old, he started beekeeping alongside his grandfather, a hobby that would continue to interest him years later. That passion continued through college, but...

December 8, 2017

eDNA – Not just for fisheries biologists anymore – from The Wildlife Professional

Not all field sampling days are filled with summer sun and hiking through alpine meadows, but this one was, and it was just about as good as they come. The...

December 7, 2017

Frog species hosts but shows no signs of fungal disease

Researchers have documented another frog species that carries the deadly chytrid fungal disease but shows no symptoms, and they believe others may exist around the world, contributing to global amphibian...

December 7, 2017

Study finds populist ‘backlash’ rising against wildlife agencies

The rise of populism in the United States is affecting a range of issues, and according to a recent study, wildlife management is no exception. The study published in Biological...

December 6, 2017

Climate change threats to Hawaiian tree impact birds, too

On the Big Island of Hawaii, hundreds of thousands of ‘ohi’a trees, whose scarlet blooms color the archipelago and sustain many endemic nectar-feeding birds, are swiftly succumbing to a fungal...

December 6, 2017

Researchers find climate denial blogs lack science

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) have long been a “poster species” for climate change, but researchers looking into global warming skepticism say that has also made them the target of global...

December 5, 2017

Study links fungicides to bee colony declines

Researchers recently found what they believe may be an unexpected cause of bee decline in the United States — fungicides. Looking at sites across the country where bee populations were...

December 4, 2017

Mule deer found dead raises questions

In May 2017, a mule deer carcass was found near a highway bridge over the Chena River Flood Control area near Fairbanks, Alaska. The deer died from a vehicle collision,...

December 1, 2017

Senate releases draft of FY18 interior appropriations bill

On Nov. 20, the Senate Committee on Appropriations released their Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies draft fiscal year 2018 (FY18) appropriations bill. The language recommends a total...

November 30, 2017

Human products disrupt aquatic wildlife

Thousands of products people use daily for health and cosmetic care end up in the world’s streams, creating an unregulated concoction of compounds that could damage aquatic ecosystems in ways...