Tag: reintroduction

Wolves may be engineering the Yellowstone ecosystem by helping the growth of tall willow trees in Yellowstone National Park. Since their reintroduction in 1995, gray wolves (Canis lupus) have caused...

COVID-19 has affected everyone, and wildlifers are no exception. In this series, TWS is looking at challenges facing the profession due to the pandemic. Wildlife researchers and technicians are taking...

Why has it been so challenging to reintroduce the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)? Efforts continue throughout the West, but establishing populations has been difficult. The wild population had nearly reached...

Researchers working to translocate declining Texas horned lizards across parts of their former range are working to overcome challenges brought about by changes on the landscapes they once occupied. Texas...

Bison reintroduced to Banff National Park as part of a five-year program are settling into the same wallows their ancestors used 140 years ago. Parks Canada has been translocating bison...

Kentucky may have discovered the recipe for success when it set out to reintroduce elk to the state about 20 years ago, researchers found. The state brought in a large...

In some wildlife reintroductions, every animal returned to the wild dies. In others, predators released into a nature reserves move to adjacent cattle ranches and prey on livestock. Many translocations...

When albatross populations on the Hawaiian island of Kauai found themselves under aerial attack, the U.S. Navy and biologists teamed up to find the birds a new home. A population...

A group is seeking to introduce a ballot initiative that would direct Colorado wildlife officials to reintroduce the gray wolf (Canis lupus) there. “If you can put a viable population...

Releasing captive-bred marmots into a “cushy” ski resort area for a year improves their chances of surviving predation and teaches them how to hibernate. “What we found is that you’re...