Invasive Species Can Hurt Native Birds
Invasive Eurasian birds might be wreaking havoc on bird species native to North America as a result of a warming climate, according to a recent study. Invasive brood parasites —...
Q&A: The Effect of Wildfires on California Wildlife
Wildfires are still raging across California and while they are mostly contained, they have consumed more than 150,000 acres combined. But what happens to wildlife in fires like the Valley...
Digital Tree of Life Shows Evolution of Nearly Everything
How exactly is it that a coyote is related to a mushroom, or a whale to a human? An online draft of the Tree of Life attempts to answer that,...
Mississippi Chapter Opposes Hunting of Deer Over Bait
The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks proposed a change to regulations in Mississippi that would allow the hunting of deer over bait in late August. The Mississippi Chapter...
Wild Cam: TWS Members Find What’s Eating Lemurs in Madagascar
Despite having one of the highest rates of endemism in the world, relatively little is known about animals in Madagascar. But wildlife in much of the country is suffering from...
Bees Have Ways of Self-Medicating
It seems to make sense that chemicals such as alkaloids would be found in stems and leaves of plants and flowers as a way to deter potential herbivores. But it...
Uncovering Natural History of Endangered Frog
The reclusive crawfish frog hasn’t been studied much — until now. The federal government recently funded a state wildlife grant to carry out local conservation research on the frogs endangered...
Cracking the Code of Predator-Prey Relations One Lion at a Time
A huge, healthy population of prey may be too much for predators to feast their eyes on — at least proportionately. Researchers have discovered a widely applicable principle that could...
TWS Pushes for Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Funding
The Wildlife Society, along with over 100 other conservation groups, sent a letter to Congress requesting support for funding for the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC) in the fiscal year 2016...
