Category: TWS Wildlife News

Flying lizard
December 24, 2014

Flying Dragons Hide Behind the Colors of Christmas

Flying dragons in Borneo adopt Christmas colors to mimic the red and green hues of falling leaves in an effort to hide from predatory birds, according to new research. But...

Fire ants
December 24, 2014

Feisty Fire Ants Could Cause “Invasional Meltdown”

Feisty invasive fire ants known for their painful bite could be helping the spread of invasive plant species in the parts of the North American Northeast in what some scientists...

Health and Disease
December 22, 2014

From Wildlife to Livestock — and Vice Versa

From the winter issue of The Wildlife Professional. An open-access article written in collaboration with the Wildlife Disease Association — a premier partner of The Wildlife Society. DISEASE TRANSMISSION CREATES...

Comments Sought on Draft EIS for Feral Swine Damage Control
December 22, 2014

Comments Sought on Draft EIS for Feral Swine Damage Control

Feral swine have greatly expanded their range over the last 30 years. At the same time, the annual estimated damage they cause, plus the costs of control, has risen to...

Mallards
December 19, 2014

President Signs Duck Stamp Price Increase into Law

Over 550 letters from The Wildlife Society members sent to Senators urged them to pass a bill to increase the price of Duck Stamps from $15 to $25. The Senate...

Birds
December 19, 2014

Avian Influenza Confirmed in Wild Birds in Washington State

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic (HPAI) H5 avian influenza in wild birds in Whatcom County,...

Perth Zoo numbats
December 19, 2014

Captive Marsupials Released into the Wild

Perth Zoo recently released 14 zoo-born numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus), also called banded anteaters, into Dryandra Woodland in Western Australia as part of an ongoing effort to bolster wild populations of...

Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Gather
December 18, 2014

Controversy over the Management of Horses

Controversy over the management of feral horses and burros has heightened with Wyoming suing the federal government and the Western Governors’ Association issuing a resolution on the topic this month....

European grey wolf from Slovenia
December 18, 2014

Large Carnivores Make a Voracious Comeback in Europe

The recovery of lynx, brown bears, and grey wolves in a continent that has seen hundreds of years of development is showing that humans may not have to keep out...

Shorebirds
December 17, 2014

CRomnibus: Conservation Funding

The $1 trillion spending bill approved by Congress last week will keep the government running until the end of the Fiscal Year (FY), October 2015. The “Consolidated and Further Continuing...