Category: TWS Wildlife News

March 12, 2021

Interior revokes internal guidance on MBTA

The U.S. Department of the Interior has revoked the internal guidance issued by the Interior’s Solicitor’s Office in 2014 that limits enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exclude...

March 12, 2021

Q&A: Cities are evolutionary incubators for invasive species

Brown anoles can be seen all over the streets of Gainesville, Florida. In wild areas nearby, though, the invasive Cuban lizards aren’t nearly as common as, say, native green anoles...

March 11, 2021

States increase wolf management actions

After gray wolves in the contiguous United States were removed from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act earlier this year, the species is now being...

March 11, 2021

White-tailed deer can get coronavirus but show mild symptoms

In the year since the novel coronavirus erupted in North America, biologists have gotten a better sense of what impacts the virus could have on the continent’s wildlife. North American...

March 10, 2021

RAWA offers tribes major increase in conservation dollars

Passing the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act could be significant for state wildlife conservation efforts, but it could be transformative for tribal programs, drastically increasing the federal funds they currently receive....

March 10, 2021

For roaming cats, meatier food and play mean less prey

When pet owners in the United Kingdom feed their pet cats diets heavy in meat or play with them, the felines are less likely to bring home wildlife prey. While...

March 9, 2021

Deer and rabbits avoid fracking development

Mule deer around fracking areas may be leerier of the noise from the operations than the actual structures. Rabbits, on the other hand, don’t seem to be affected by the...

March 9, 2021

USFS to spend $285 million in infrastructure projects

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Monday that the Biden administration will spend $285 million on over 500 infrastructure projects in national forests and grasslands to improve public access and...

March 8, 2021

Online course explores American chestnut’s iconic role

When exotic diseases wiped out the American chestnut, it transformed forests across the eastern United States and impacted wildlife in ways we may never understand. “We don’t know exactly how...

March 5, 2021

Puma presence impacts tree growth

Veronica Yovovich had always been curious about the shape of plants around her school campus. Many of the bay laurels close to the University of California, Santa Cruz, were shaped...