Area of Focus: Conservation and Management Arenas

February 18, 2025

TWS joins pledge in the face of declining public trust in science

Science organizations commit to ‘supporting, elevating, and fighting for science and those who further it’

February 14, 2025

JWM: Humans main factor in Spanish Bonelli’s eagle decline

Electrocution, poisoning, poaching and drowning in water tanks are all causes of eagle death

February 14, 2025

Judge grants USFWS 3 more years to decide on hippo status

Hippo parts are sold in the U.S. for use in belts, purses and other products

February 13, 2025

How to improve invasive python removal

Scientists found different factors that increase success of Burmese python survey and removal efforts

February 12, 2025

TWS2024: Environmental DNA reveals bat roosts under bridges

Improved surveys for cryptic flying mammals inform conservation efforts

February 12, 2025

INTERPOL seizes 20,000 trafficked animals 

In the largest ever wildlife and forestry operation, 138 countries and regions joined forces to apprehend wildlife smugglers

February 11, 2025

Planned underpasses will help boost red wolf recovery

New wildlife crossings will protect the critically endangered species whose numbers have taken a hit from vehicle collisions

February 10, 2025

WSB: Breeding wolves vulnerable to wolf harvest

The discovery has implications for managing pack populations

February 10, 2025

Headstarting program gives endangered amphibians, reptiles a boost

The Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy will be helping bring back a number of species threatened with extinction

February 7, 2025

The cost of conserving Australia’s wildlife

An estimated $15.6 billion would reverse extinction of 99 Australian species