Geographical Location: Asia

February 6, 2020

Wildlife is thriving in radioactive Fukushima

Wildlife is thriving in Japan’s Fukushima area, the site of a 2011 nuclear power plant accident, with many native species recolonizing areas off limits to humans. TWS member James Beasely,...

January 22, 2020

JWM: Sumatran blood pythons shrinking in body size, numbers

Sumatran blood pythons are declining in body size and reproduction — possibly due to overharvesting on the Indonesian island. “This paper is the first one that suggests that there may...

November 22, 2019

Caribou migrate a long way — but wolves travel even farther

In the battle between wolf and caribou, who wins? This isn’t a battle for survival. This is bragging rights for long-distance travel. Researchers set out to determine which species globally...

September 20, 2019

Wild Cam: Reducing Mongolian falcon deaths

Falcon populations are struggling to find their footing in Mongolia due to electrocution, a problem that kills thousands of the raptors every year. Researchers have been working to reduce the...

August 22, 2019

Working Group sponsors symposium in Malaysia

Wildlife exists in landscapes that are increasingly impacted by humans, so more and more, conservation actions depend upon buy-in and collaboration from local communities to achieve lasting success. Around the...

August 22, 2019

USFWS releases changes to ESA rules

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service released final regulations making changes to their implementation of the Endangered Species Act. The changes, which were released...

July 23, 2019

Machines are better listeners when it comes to biodiversity

Machines are better than humans at detecting wildlife biodiversity by sound, according to new research. In a recent systematic comparison, researchers compared autonomous sound recording devices with bird point counts...

March 27, 2018

Indochinese leopard population declines

Only one population of Indochinese leopards (Panthera pardus delacouri) remains in all of eastern Indochina, and that population is facing a steep decline, according to new research. Comparing camera trap...

November 7, 2017

Global participants enjoy TWS Annual Conference

From Europe to Asia to Africa, attendees from around the globe made their way to Albuquerque, New Mexico to share their knowledge and learn more about wildlife at the last...

June 8, 2017

Researchers explore sika deer’s past to guide its future

Researchers recently looked back about a century ago to determine how sika deer made their way from their native home on Japan’s Yakushima Island to Dorchester County, Md., with the...