Wildlife Services’ Larry Clark earns Presidential Rank award
TWS member Larry Clark, director of Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Research Center, has been named a 2019 Presidential Rank Award recipient. Clark will ...
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JWM: Are southwest Canada wolverines being overharvested?
Trappers may be harvesting wolverines at unsustainable levels in the south of their range in the Canadian Rockies, according to new research. Maintaining population ...
Watch: Researchers discover first known spectral bat roost in Nicaragua
With a wingspan of more than three feet, most people would choose to stay away from the roosts of one of the largest carnivorous bats in the world. But José ...
Looking beyond the visible spectrum to detect pythons
While contracted python hunters in Florida’s Everglades are attempting to eliminate the invasive species that’s devastating the natural ecosystem, they aren’t ...
JWM: For spotted owls, missing the trees for the forest
Protecting remaining old growth forests won’t always conserve northern spotted owls, a team of researchers found. Instead, they say, managers may need to zoom in ...
Texas hunter harvests rare antlered white-tailed doe
A Texas woman recently hunted a rare antlered white-tailed doe (Odocoileus virginianus). Confirming the deer was a doe, a game warden instructed her to tag it as a ...
Committee approves Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
Last week, the House Committee on Natural Resources voted to approve the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 3742), which would provide about $1.4 billion to ...
Administration’s regulatory agenda would affect wildlife
Many of the anticipated rules released by the White house Office of Management and Budget’s semiannual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions will ...
Wild pigs blamed for Texas woman’s death
Officials say a Texas woman was killed in an attack by wild pigs, one of the rare instances it’s been known to occur. Investigators say 59-year-old Christine ...
Researchers share tales of scientists at work
How do you tell gray wolves (Canis lupus) apart by their howls? How do you track muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) costume? In a series ...