JWM: Texas kit fox populations appear healthy
The kit fox population living in the high elevation grasslands of the Trans-Pecos region of western Texas appears to be doing well. Texas Parks and Wildlife had noticed a decline...
Monitoring birds on military land
Researchers will be using a technique called metabarcoding to monitor habitat quality for bird species on Department of Defense instillations. Led by TWS member Jeff Foster, an associated professor at...
Research on human impact on Appalachian songbirds earns student award
As climate and land use changes take place throughout the Appalachians, researchers are watching how different species will react. Hannah Clipp, a PhD candidate at the West Virginia Cooperative Fish...
Organization plans to restore bison-driven ecosystem to Montana
A Montana nonprofit organization is importing bison on land it has purchased with the goal of restoring the natural ecosystem that the creatures once engineered in the region. The nonprofit,...
Wild Cam: Mongolian wolves, marmots and a feral dog challenge
The wild montane regions of Mongolia are home to a diverse group of mammals, including ibex, one of the largest marmot species on the planet, furry Pallas’s cats and corsac...
What makes a black bear brown?
Despite their name, black bears don’t always have black coats. That can make it difficult to tell a brown-colored black bear (Ursus americanus) from a grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis). Researchers...
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How to make the field safer, more inclusive for LGBTQ+ wildlifers
Plenty of research papers have covered some of the overarching institutional barriers faced by marginalized groups—like those belonging to the LBGTQ+ community—in environmental sciences, but those papers have often overlooked...
Shane Mahoney earns conservation education award
The Dallas Safari Club Foundation has named TWS member Shane Mahoney the inaugural winner of its education award. Mahoney is the founder and CEO of Conservation Visions, an initiative dedicated...
Researchers question spotted owl recovery efforts
A group of researchers is suggesting that plans to protect the northern spotted owl may need to be updated, with additional restrictions put in place on timber removal, even in...
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