Area of Focus: Species Taxon

July 11, 2025

Toxic tides linked to northern fur seal deaths

Climate change is increasing the prevalence of lethal toxin exposure in Alaskan fur seals

July 9, 2025

Extirpated otter confirmed in Malaysian nature reserve

The Eurasian otter hasn’t been seen in more than a decade in the Southeast Asian country

July 8, 2025

New York state opens new viewing sites on birding trail

The new birding locations are in the Finger Lakes and Hudson Valley region

July 1, 2025

Climate change will push sea turtles into shipping lanes

As world temperatures heat up, marine reptiles will likely shift poleward

June 30, 2025

TWS 2024: Lead is ‘silently poisoning’ captive cheetahs

Captive cheetahs are more vulnerable to lead poisoning than big cats in the wild

June 30, 2025

Chicago rodents adapt to life in the city

Over more than a century, chipmunk and vole skulls have changed shape to fit an urban lifestyle

June 26, 2025

Tropical milkweed supports urban resident monarchs

Despite high parasite loads, resident California monarch butterfly populations thrive in urban gardens with nonnative evergreen milkweed

June 24, 2025

Possibility for bat virus spillover to humans worries scientists

Bat viruses related to MERS might be one small mutation away from jumping to humans—and causing the next pandemic

June 23, 2025

JWM: Do feral horses safeguard grassland ecology in Italy?

Wildlife managers should watch the growing population closely in case of negative ecological effects in the future

June 20, 2025

Wildfires make bumble bees bigger, more abundant

Bumble bees benefit from wildfire in the Sierra Nevada Mountains