Category: TWS Wildlife News

City life seems to benefit tree swallows in Ohio, but it also poses health consequences their rural counterparts don’t face. That’s the finding of a team of researchers who spent...

Reaching Paris Agreement objectives will likely bring stability to the winter distributions of seabird species in the North Atlantic Ocean. But a recent study shows if carbon emissions aren’t reduced,...

As central California sea otters recover from past centuries of overharvesting, they’re gradually expanding into areas they historically occupied. By understanding which types of habitats support higher sea otter abundance,...

On his first day in office, President Biden issued an executive order calling for his administration to review actions and policies implemented by the former administration related to the environment...

The Wildlife Society’s Government Affairs program has welcomed its spring 2021 Joe Burns Memorial Wildlife Policy Intern Allison Scott to the team at TWS’ Headquarters. Scott, AWB®, is a Virginia...

Several advocacy groups filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, challenging the agency’s decision to remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the list of protected species under...

For wolf packs in Idaho and Alberta, immigration from other areas doesn’t compensate for their losses. “There was very little immigration, even though harvest was removing individuals,” said Sarah Bassing,...

Cecilia Sánchez was studying flying foxes in Australia when she discovered that bats captured in areas with a larger human impact tended to have higher concentrations of metal contaminants in...

Even though red squirrels are a solitary species, knowing their neighbors can help them survive. “Solitary doesn’t mean asocial,” said Erin Siracusa, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of...

Most people don’t pay much attention to snails — especially when the pea-sized gastropods live on a rocky uninhabited islet in Hawaii and don’t even have a name. But Norine...