Seabirds Bring Contaminants to Land Ecosystems: Study
Migratory seabirds carry the marine pollution they ingest at sea back to their nesting sites on land, according to a new study. “It is yet another example of unintended effects...
Biodiversity Could Be a Buffer Against Parasites, Disease
The richer an ecosystem is in biodiversity, the more resistant it could be to parasites and the spread of disease, according to a new study. “Our study shows that biodiversity...
Flies May Defend Hemlocks from Invasives
Ecosystem managers looking to stop the onslaught of an invasive aphid-like insect that has been laying waste to hemlocks up and down the East Coast could have another ally in...
Mapping Maryland’s Reptiles and Amphibians
The only way to tell whether endemic animals are disappearing in the landscape is by keeping a close count on numbers. This isn’t even easy when trying to track giant...
The Call of the Last Golden-Winged Warbler in Georgia
It had been over two years since the last golden-winged warbler was seen in Georgia, but Nathan Klaus and Jim Wentworth hadn’t given up hope when they set out to...
TWS Conference: “Unbelievable” Experience at Sasaginnigak
All registered attendees for the 2015 TWS Annual Conference will be automatically entered into a draw for a 2016 fly-in fishing trip for two at Sasaginnigak Lodge, compliments of the lodge...
Citizen Scientists Track Declining Box Turtles
The bowl-sized reptiles could be living in your garden or you may have helped them cross the highway. You may have caught them, or kept one as a pet when...
Wild Cam Series: Serengeti Wildlife
One of the largest camera trap surveys ever conducted used citizen scientists to take an inside view into discovering the ways animals in the Serengeti divide up their space and...
Game Birds Ingesting Plastic and Garbage Metal: Study
Waterfowl commonly hunted as game birds in eastern Canada are ingesting significant amounts of plastic and garbage metal, according to a new study. While researchers have been documenting the ingesting...
