New Exhibit Highlights Poaching’s Toll on Wildlife
Consider this: Last year, more than 1,200 rhinoceroses were slaughtered for their horns; in 2013, 20,000 elephants were killed for their tusks and ivory; and in the last century, the...
Bees Prefer Open Canopy Forests
While the decline in honey bees (genus Apis) in the United States is widely known, prompting the government to put forth strategies to protect the species, the status of other...
First Case of CWD in Michigan Deer
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose, was confirmed for the first time in a free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)...
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Cold-blooded Animals Will Have Global Warming Struggle
Animals that are cold-blooded or unable to regulate their internal body temperature may find it hard adjusting to global warming changes, according to a recent study. For their study published...
Large Herbivores at Risk of Extinction
When you think of valuable tangible goods, items such as gold come to mind, but there might be valuable items that you haven’t considered including rhinoceros horns and ivory tusks...
Invasive Earthworms Spread Mercury to Wildlife
It’s true that the early bird catches the worm but, in New England’s forests, the worm might actually be killing the bird with toxic trace metals. Invasive earthworms are absorbing...
New Proposed Rules for Bear Hunts in Florida
Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently developed rules for Florida’s first bear hunt if the proposal for limited bear hunting, which was approved last month,...
Vineyards Restore Native Habitat, Attract Butterflies
If there was a classiest insect award, it would go to butterflies, which seem to have an affinity for wine — or vineyards, at least. According to a recently published...
TWS Member Gets Up Close with Squirrels
John Koprowski stood in an urban park in Kansas with binoculars pressed to his eyes. He was conducting a study as part of his PhD thesis research and was intently...
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