Texas temperatures paralyze sea turtles
Thousands of sea turtles recently washed up along the Texas coastline after a winter storm caused temperatures to plummet. Unusually cold temperatures in the Gulf ...
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Pandemic cancels whooping crane count
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to cancel a count of whooping cranes (Grus americana) around the Aransas National Wildlife ...
North Carolina thankful to send more turkeys to Texas
In 2018, multiple North Carolina airports began reporting Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) presence and damage. Airports reported that wild turkeys were no ...
TWS2020: The road to prime ocelot habitats
Ocelots seeking home ranges are most concerned with finding the right type of habitats though they will try to avoid roads when possible. “Because they’re ...
Three TPWD employees killed in helicopter crash
Three Texas Parks and Wildlife Department employees were killed in a helicopter crash on Saturday while conducting aerial surveys for desert bighorn sheep at the ...
Texas ocelots seek large, unbroken swaths of thornscrub
Endangered ocelots in South Texas prefer to use unfragmented landscapes. Efforts to conserve the imperiled feline should focus on maintaining large patches of ...
Researchers discover shell disease in Texas mud turtles
Researchers have discovered a new shell-eating disease, caused by a common alga, that affects mud turtles throughout their range. There’s high prevalence of the ...
What’s ‘the biggest conservation bang for your buck?’
If you wanted to spend the least amount of money to get the most conservation value, where would you go? What species would you target? That’s what Paul ...
Stephen F. Austin State University chapter recognized at Texas TWS Meeting
The Wildlife Society’s Texas Chapter recognized the Stephen F. Austin State University student chapter of The Wildlife Society as the Student Chapter of the ...
Watch: Kemp’s ridley sea turtle continues to rebound
The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) was once thought to be on its way to extinction. But thanks to conservation efforts, the turtle is making a ...