Category: TWS Wildlife News

December 21, 2015

Coyote Sterilization Program in N.C. Protects Red Wolves

A sterilization program to stop coyotes from hybridizing with the only wild population of red wolves in the world has been successful so far, according to new research. “Coyote genes...

December 18, 2015

FWS Looks to Revise Outdated Oil and Gas Development Regulations

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on December 11 that would revise non-federal oil and gas development regulations on...

December 17, 2015

Treating Endangered Fox’s Ear Mites Helps Recovery

Recovering from being placed on the endangered species list isn’t easy for animals such as the Catalina Island fox, especially when they face complications such as ear mites that can...

December 11, 2015

Citizen Scientists Build Online Mammal Atlas in Pennsylvania

What kinds of mammals live in your backyard? If you’re in Pennsylvania, a new website powered by citizen scientists’ photos may be able to tell you. “The general public can...

December 10, 2015

Brown Tree Snake Research Wins DoD 2015 Project of the Year

This month, experts with the USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services (WS) program were honored with the 2015 Project of the Year Award for Resource Conservation and Climate Change from the Department of...

December 10, 2015

Are Bison Adopting Sedentary Eating Habits?

Bison that once roamed the continent in search of nutritious grass may be adapting to a wider diet to suit a more sedentary lifestyle. “If you’re going to be keeping...

December 7, 2015

Piping Plovers May Not Benefit From Watershed Drainage

Draining watersheds may not be helping federally threatened plovers, according to new research. “We could be continually making it harder for them to maintain and grow their population because there’s...

December 4, 2015

New York State Forests May Be at Their Peak: Report

The overall forest cover of New York State may have reached a peak, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service conducted an inventory of...

December 3, 2015

Large, Urban Birds Most Tolerant of People

With humans increasingly encroaching on wildlife habitat, it makes sense that some animals would be disturbed by their presence. However, over time, many species are growing accustomed to these encounters...

December 2, 2015

Wild Cam: How Airplanes Ruffle Plover Feathers

Wilson’s plovers (Charadrius wilsonia) would probably do well with a little peace and quiet when incubating their eggs — whether from natural predators, humans, vehicles and, according to recent research,...