Category: TWS Wildlife News

October 2, 2015

Hard Work in Paradise: A Profile of a Midway Atoll Biologist

It was the middle of a traditional ceremony to maintain cultural ties to a tiny atoll, which sits on the northwest of the Hawaiian archipelago about a third of the...

October 1, 2015

Events Highlight Impact of Rabies on People, Pets, Wildlife

What do raccoons, vampire bats, and mongooses have in common? All are wildlife species that are commonly associated with rabies and can potentially expose people, pets and livestock to the...

September 29, 2015

Shrinking Forests Can Devastate Wildlife

Forests have shrunk about three percent globally since 1990, which can have devastating effects on the world’s biodiversity in plants and animals, according to the UN’s Global Forest Resources Assessment...

September 28, 2015

Wild Cam: TWS Member Tracks Upstate New York Black Bears

Apparently undeterred by real estate prices in upstate New York, black bears are expanding throughout the region. Although the increase in populations has been occurring since the early 1900s, it...

September 25, 2015

Feral Swine in California – Research, Disease, and Management

Feral swine (also known as wild pigs), numbering more than six million in more than 35 states, cause damage to agriculture, natural resources, and property ranging from sacred Tribal sites...

September 22, 2015

Q&A: The Effect of Wildfires on California Wildlife

Wildfires are still raging across California and while they are mostly contained, they have consumed more than 150,000 acres combined. But what happens to wildlife in fires like the Valley...

September 21, 2015

Mississippi Chapter Opposes Hunting of Deer Over Bait

The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks proposed a change to regulations in Mississippi that would allow the hunting of deer over bait in late August. The Mississippi Chapter...

September 18, 2015

Uncovering Natural History of Endangered Frog

The reclusive crawfish frog hasn’t been studied much — until now. The federal government recently funded a state wildlife grant to carry out local conservation research on the frogs endangered...

September 16, 2015

Social Media Uncovers Parasitic Wasp Range

While sifting through insect samples from Arkansas for a trapping study he was working on, Michael Skvarla, a PhD candidate at the University of Arkansas, came across a parasitic woodwasp...

September 15, 2015

A Pond to Call Home: How Beavers Pick the Best Dam Water

Beaver ponds are a good indicator of beaver activity as well as beaver colony density, according to recent findings. Carol Johnston, lead author of a new study published in the...