Area of Focus: Birds

November 7, 2024

Wildlife Vocalizations: Jessi Tapp

TWS member Tapp discusses the reward of difficult bird-banding work in western Canada

November 7, 2024

How Canadian are they? 

A new study shows which animal species is the “most Canadian” by looking at evolutionary distinctness

November 5, 2024

JWM: With too many free-roaming horses, sage-grouse suffer 

Sage-grouse survival declines when free-roaming horse populations get too large

November 5, 2024

Weather radar can help track Australia’s birds 

Scientists can monitor bird migration in Australia through weather data

October 29, 2024

JWM: Wild pig removal boosts turkey numbers

Swine are known nest predators in southeastern U.S.

October 24, 2024

TWS2024: Burmese pythons eat their way across the continent

Fecal samples reveal that the invasive snakes’ ecological footprint extends past southern Florida

October 15, 2024

Drier winters may reduce survival for migrating birds

Climate change is impacting species like Kirtland’s and black-throated blue warblers

October 9, 2024

Bird extinctions led to 3 billion years of lost evolution

Disappearance of Hawaiian birds and other species have led to losses in ecosystem roles

October 1, 2024

Botulism kills thousands of birds at California refuge

An avian botulism outbreak at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge has substantially impacted birds in Northern California

September 30, 2024

Social media could be putting rare species at risk

Photographers and wildlife watchers may be disturbing rare species' habitat and behavior