Category: TWS Wildlife News

Ivory
January 22, 2015

Legislation Would Increase Wildlife Trafficking Penalties

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced a bill that would strengthen penalties for wildlife trafficking. S. 27, also called the Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act, would provide law...

Serengeti Lions
January 20, 2015

Slideshow: Tackling Dog Fever in Serengeti Lions

No dog news is good news, at least as far as a cat is concerned. A strategy currently used to control the spread of the infectious canine distemper virus (CDV)...

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
January 16, 2015

Diamondback Rattlers Choose their Own Poison

Wildlife managers looking to categorize distinct population segments of some snakes could do well to start by naming their poison. A new study released last week in the journal GENETICS...

Ash borer
January 15, 2015

Tree-killing Invasive Bugs Make Jump to New Tree Species

A tiny invasive insect from Asia that has laid waste to North American ash trees is expanding its attack to white fringetrees, according to new research. Don Cipollini, Professor of...

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...