Geographical Location: United States

December 21, 2015

Coyote Sterilization Program in N.C. Protects Red Wolves

A sterilization program to stop coyotes from hybridizing with the only wild population of red wolves in the world has been successful so far, according to new research. “Coyote genes...

December 18, 2015

Video: Working Together to Restore Quail in Texas

Researchers, non-profit organizations, landowners and managers in Texas have joined forces to help restore habitat for the state’s quail populations. Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus), scaled or “blue” quail (Callipepla squamata),...

December 18, 2015

Entomologist Describes 74 New Volcano Beetle Species

To find 74 new species of beetles, you need to go through an experience. For Jim Liebherrr, this meant flying in a helicopter to the remote rainforests on the slopes...

December 11, 2015

Citizen Scientists Build Online Mammal Atlas in Pennsylvania

What kinds of mammals live in your backyard? If you’re in Pennsylvania, a new website powered by citizen scientists’ photos may be able to tell you. “The general public can...

December 10, 2015

Are Bison Adopting Sedentary Eating Habits?

Bison that once roamed the continent in search of nutritious grass may be adapting to a wider diet to suit a more sedentary lifestyle. “If you’re going to be keeping...

December 8, 2015

Rebounding Grizzly Population Could Prompt Delisting

Numbers of Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem grizzly bears have been increasing enough that some researchers are saying the population could be delisted from the federal Endangered Species Act. Researchers say...

December 7, 2015

The Conservation Affairs Network — from The Wildlife Professional

Strengthening TWS and Our Role in Policy Over the past two decades, expansion of captive cervid propagation and commercialization activities in the United States has threatened the health of wild...

December 7, 2015

Piping Plovers May Not Benefit From Watershed Drainage

Draining watersheds may not be helping federally threatened plovers, according to new research. “We could be continually making it harder for them to maintain and grow their population because there’s...

December 4, 2015

New York State Forests May Be at Their Peak: Report

The overall forest cover of New York State may have reached a peak, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service conducted an inventory of...

December 3, 2015

North Carolina: Home of Salamanders and TWS 2016

“North Carolina.” When you hear the words, what comes to mind? Basketball? Barbeque? Beaches and mountains? And, for TWS 2015 attendees, Sir Walter Raleigh and lemurs? While these things may...