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In high numbers, apex predators suppress lesser ones
From Canada to central Europe to Australia, top predators can control lower-order predators and exert an influence over the broader ecosystem, a new study found, especially if they appear in...
Researchers explore sika deer’s past to guide its future
Researchers recently looked back about a century ago to determine how sika deer made their way from their native home on Japan’s Yakushima Island to Dorchester County, Md., with the...
Cowbirds eye egg size for nest selection
The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) may not build nests or raise young, but it does seem to take steps to help its offspring’s survival. When it lays eggs in the...
NECIS sends letter to EPA on Kaput Feral Hog Bait
On Jun. 2, the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species (NECIS) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt urging the agency to immediately suspend or cancel...
Canada restricts import of salamanders to prevent spread of disease
Through an amendment to the Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations (WAPTR), Canada implemented a one-year import restriction on all salamander species within the order Caudata, effective May 12, 2017...
Interagency Spotlight: Wyoming Wildlife and Roadways Summit Brings Many Together
Interagency Spotlight: Wyoming Wildlife and Roadways Summit Brings Many Together By Corinna Riginos, Board Member-at-large Just as the epic winter of 2016-2017 was dropping yet another (and not quite the...
35-year study sheds new light on alligators’ lifespan
American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) can live as long as humans, making it difficult for scientists to conduct long-term studies on them. But Phil Wilkinson, a retired manager of South Carolina’s Tom...
The ‘Sev’: Hidden gem of Central New Mexico
For many attendees, the location of this year’s TWS Annual Conference in the Southwest offers new and unique opportunities to experience the wildlife in ways not possible elsewhere in the...
British Columbia conservation group eyes property for bighorn sheep
The Nature Trust of British Columbia is seeking to purchase and protect an 87.5-acre area of bighorn sheep habitat on the east side of Skaha Lake in the province’s southern...
From Pristine to Polluted and Back — from The Wildlife Professional
The waters of Maine’s Lake Auburn were renowned for being pristine. Surrounded by fields, forests and the grassy campus of Central Maine Community College, the 2,260-acre lake above the towns...