Illegal Weed Plantations May Affect Owl Recovery
Illegal marijuana plantations may not lead to high times for the recovery of a species of threatened owls, according to researchers. The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is currently...
Novel Collars Aid in Assessing Disease Risks
The ability to accurately measure and detect contact between two or more animals is critical to understanding disease transmission risks. In order to collect more accurate contact data among white-tailed...
Video: Hundreds of Manatees Overrun Wildlife Refuge
Three hundred manatees staged an invasion of a Florida National Wildlife Refuge, forcing the Three Sisters Springs in Florida’s Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge to close Monday. The manatees likely...
Senate Votes to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline
After three weeks of lengthy debate, the Senate voted 62-36 to approve S. 1, a bill allowing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline by TransCanada. The pipeline would carry...
Cat Disease Detected in Minks and Muskrats
Don’t let the nickname “cat disease” fool you. A recent study in Champaign, Ill. shows toxoplasmosis, a disease spread by cats, is prevalent in semiaquatic mammals, minks (Neovison vison) and...
Fin Whales and Other Baleens Hear Sounds with Their Bones
Fin whales and other baleen species may not hear each other’s calls through their ears — they may feel it in their bones, according to a new study. “Bone conduction...
Warming Seas Could Stop Turtles From Hitting the Beach
As sea temperatures rise, life may no longer be a beach for green sea turtles who bask in Hawaiian sands, according to new research. “Sea turtle basking is not common...
Tracking the Bearded Vulture by Satellite
Researchers using satellite technology to track massive vultures through the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain have shown that the endangered birds need a good overlap of predictable feeding sources and home...
TWS Researchers Track Metropolitan Coyote Habits
Like many young people, she had to find ways to adapt to modern times. She grew up around the Schaumburg, Ill. suburb near the Chicago O’Hare International Airport in the...
