USFWS prosecutes Florida man for smuggling monitor lizards
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has charged a sixth man involved in the international smuggling of reptiles from the Philippines as part of an investigation by the agency’s law...
States sue over plan to drill in Alaska refuge
Fifteen U.S. states joined together challenge the Trump administration’s decision to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. Washington, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut,...
Diversity Award presented to South Carolina DNR outreach program
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Diversity Outreach Program has received the 2020 TWS Diversity Award. The program works to raise awareness about the state’s natural resources among Hispanic...
Can we turn the tide of biodiversity loss by 2050?
Without bold conservation and restoration efforts, researchers say, turning the tide of biodiversity loss by 2050 or earlier won’t be possible. For the first time, researchers looked at what must...
Fenced-in desert tortoises rebound after huge decline
Desert tortoises suffered a “catastrophic decline” over two decades due to habitat degradation, extensive predation, disease and a lack of sufficient protection, according to a new study. But fencing to...
Caribou numbers drop in Labrador as climate warms
Labrador is relatively free of the landscape changes that have caused declines in caribou populations in other parts of Canada and Alaska. But even there, caribou numbers are falling —...
Are marine mammals at risk from COVID-19?
Some mammals, including cats, dogs and minks, have contracted COVID-19. That has led researchers to wonder if marine mammals could also be susceptible. Researchers say some marine mammals, including beluga...
JWM: Cormorant control reduces fish farm predation
Cormorants spend less time eating catfish at aquaculture farms on the lower Mississippi River floodplain in years when lethal control measures are permitted. “This is good evidence that having lethal...
Publications Awards recognize outstanding work
From cougars, wolves and panthers to wild pigs and even humans, recipients of the TWS’ 2020 Wildlife Publications Awards tackled an array of topics in wildlife conservation and management. Tori...
