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Colo. governor asks to keep sage-grouse land off lease sale
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is asking the Bureau of Land Management to remove greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat from a planned oil and gas lease sale. The Dec. 6 sale...
Quebec officials bust bear poaching network
Quebec wildlife officials say they have dismantled a poaching ring that resulted in the illegal harvest of more than 100 black bears (Ursus americanus) over the course of three years....
Mixed severity fire best for birds in Sierra Nevada
Like Goldilocks, birds prefer it just right when it comes to severity and time after wildfires, researchers found. Some like it hot. Some not so much. To accommodate a diversity...
USFWS proposes changes to red wolf management
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced potential changes to the management of a nonessential experimental population of red wolves (Canis rufus) found in North Carolina. Public comments on the...
Exploring Ohio: Public lands near the ‘Land’
Click here to register for TWS’ 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, or visit twsconference.org for details, regular updates and other important conference information. For many people, thoughts of Cleveland...
JWM: Bats respond differently to abandoned mine gates
About 80,000 abandoned mines remain in the landscape of the Southwest. These sites can be dangerous to people that come across or enter them, but bats use these abandoned mines...
Artificial intelligence can now analyze wildlife imagery
Around the world, motion-triggered camera traps capture millions of images of wildlife in natural environments. These images are an inexpensive method to monitor wildlife with little disturbance, but they create...
Birds breed better when they ‘float’ through bad times
Many bird populations include perplexing young males who choose not to settle down and breed. Instead, they “float” through the breeding season without a territory. But this unattached approach may...
Study finds no domestic dogs in Mexican wolf lineage
Controversy has surrounded the reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) into the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico, including questions about the purity of their genetics. Are these...
DNA helps biologists monitor rare Korean ungulate
Deep in the remote mountain crags and valleys of the eastern Korean Peninsula, an imperiled goatish herbivore called the long-tailed goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) persists despite the pressures of development and...