Category: TWS Wildlife News

Pitcher plants
January 14, 2015

Crafty Pitcher Plants Prove No Brains Are Better than One

It could be called the art of war — there’s no good reason to kill a simple scout when you can lure an entire army into an ambush. New research...

Sage grouse
January 13, 2015

Wildlife Policy: Highlights of 2014 and Impacts for 2015

The year 2014 saw several major federal activities affecting wildlife policy within the United States. It brought changes to Duck Stamps and the Farm Bill, while there was a noticeable...

Swamp sparrow
January 13, 2015

Swamp sparrows hear bird songs in a similar tune to humans

Researchers looking to decode sparrow songs have discovered that birds respond in a similar way humans do to sound patterns. “It has been known for a while in the swamp...

Wildlife Tunnel
January 12, 2015

Wildlife Video: First Bear Sighted at Park’s Crossing Tunnel

Roads and fences can be dangerous for wildlife, accounting for a large number of deaths every year across North America. Conservationists have also long pointed to habitat fragmentation as a...

Buffalo
January 8, 2015

Parasite Treatment in Buffalo Could Help Spread of TB

A helicopter flew close to the ground in Krueger National Park, South Africa, executing a series of aerial acrobatics in order to steer the herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)...

Golden-winged warblers
January 7, 2015

Fleeing Birds Sense Distant Tornadoes

Hold on to your ruby red slippers, Dorothy. Mother Nature may have her own tornado-warning system. Just days before a series of tornadoes hit the Central and Southern United States...

January 7, 2015

White-Nose Syndrome Better Explained

Researchers have confirmed the way a lethal fungal disease has laid waste to huge populations of North American bats. “This model is exciting for us, because we now have a...

Fanged Frog
January 6, 2015

Asian Fanged Frog Gives Birth to Tadpoles

On Sulawesi, an island in central Indonesia, Jim McGuire searched for Limnonectes larvaepartus, a small species of fanged frog with a unique strategy for reproduction. McGuire, a herpetologist with the...

January 2, 2015

Snowy Owls Returning, Research Continues

During the winter of 2013-14, scientists and the public throughout the eastern states were amazed – and often delighted – by an almost unprecedented influx of snowy owls. Snowy owls...

Island night lizard
January 2, 2015

2014 Roundup — Six Important ESA Listings

The bird with the world’s longest known migration route, a tiny minnow that inhabits Texan rivers, and the wolves that once roamed over wide stretches of the continent are among...