Category: TWS Wildlife News

WildEarth Guardians has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list ocelots (Leopardus pardalis pardalis) in Texas as a distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act. The group...

Pumas’ fear of humans causes them to spend more energy avoiding them, which could ultimately reduce the sizes of their home ranges. “We know that humans impact mountain lions and...

The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies developed a new report to help managers adapt their strategies to tackle climate change with a special focus on the importance of Indigenous...

The Biden administration is reviewing Trump-era rulemaking on laws protecting migratory birds and wetlands. Recent changes in interpretations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Clean Water Act reduced...

Heat may stress out snowbirds, despite the fact that they live in areas most people would consider cool at best. As climates continue to warm, this type of stress may...

Despite their reputation for digging into trashcans and getting into altercations with humans, coyotes in suburban New York are actually eating more natural food sources like white-tailed deer and rodents....

Eight U.S. Senators are asking the Inspector General at the Department of the Interior to review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent decision to drastically reduce the amount of...

Decades of observations on humpback whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence have revealed that low fish prey availability may be linked to declining calf numbers. “The number of calves...

People who live off the land, such as hunter-gatherers or foraging humans, tend to behave similarly to their wildlife counterparts when it comes to foraging, reproduction and even social interaction,...

Endangered beach mice on the Gulf Coast do best in dark nights, with no cats in sight. “[The mice] had a higher probability of being present in areas where there...