Category: TWS Wildlife News

August 10, 2017

Don’t forget the soil fauna

When U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station research ecologist Mac Callaham and post-doctoral researcher David Coyle, D.B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, were teaching a class together at the University...

August 10, 2017

Proposal released to recover Canadian boreal caribou

A proposed action plan was released in late July by Environment and Climate Change Canada to recover and conserve the boreal population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). The plan...

August 9, 2017

Review team submits sage-grouse management recommendations

The U.S. Department of the Interior released a report, developed by the Sage-Grouse Review Team, which provides an assessment of the 2015 federal Greater Sage-Grouse plans and makes recommendations for...

August 9, 2017

To save species, less deforested landscapes need more focus

To benefit wildlife the most, conservation efforts are better spent limiting deforestation in intact forests than tackling areas where deforestation has already occurred, a new global modeling study suggests. “If...

August 8, 2017

Birds at greater risk of hitting windows in rural areas

Nearly 1 billion birds in North America are estimated to die annually from striking windows or building exteriors, and researchers conducting a recent comprehensive study of the phenomenon found the...

August 8, 2017

DNA from flies helps survey mammal species

Who needs drones when you have flies? Traditional survey methods can be expensive and difficult to conduct, but a team of researchers found studying carrion flies can reveal which mammals...

August 4, 2017

Study shows multilevel natural selection in red squirrels

North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) born earlier than those in nearby litters are more likely to survive because they get a head start on finding a vacant territory to...

August 3, 2017

Monarchs need milkweed on agricultural lands

Without planting milkweed on agricultural lands in the Midwestern United States, monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations are unlikely to reach recovery targets, according to a recent analysis published in Environmental...

August 3, 2017

State of the Birds 2017: Farm Bill Special Report released

The U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) released the State of the Birds 2017: Farm Bill Special Report on Aug. 3. The Report is a collaborative...

August 2, 2017

Buzzing from coast to coast

Feed a Bee, Bayer Bee Care’s initiative for increasing pollinator forage and education across the United States, is well underway in its third year. Since its inception, the program has...