Geographical Location: Asia

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...

April 26, 2017

New model meshes small and large-scale population estimates

For decades, biologists have struggled to accurately count wildlife populations. They’ve had to combine high-quality data from smaller sites with less reliable information from broader areas. Recent research by Indian...

July 21, 2016

TWS member helps imperiled Indochinese leopards

It’s a hot summer day and Jan Kamler is about to set out on the rugged, hilly terrains of Malaysia where he will spend two weeks scouring the region for...

March 7, 2016

TWS member tracks the mystery of snow leopard populations

It was 2009 in a small valley in the Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia, about 50 miles from the Chinese border. Local sheep and goat herders in the area had...

November 23, 2015

Wild Cam: What’s Killing India’s Tigers?

Surveillance and old-fashioned detective work are helping researchers track down suspects responsible for tiger losses in an Indian wildlife reserve. “Tiger mortality isn’t totally related to natural events,” said Paul...