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 ...
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TWS2020: Relocating the healthiest wolves to Isle Royale
Whenever animals are relocated to new areas, there’s the potential that they can spread diseases. In a presentation at the virtual TWS Annual Conference, Michelle ...
Translocating young Hawaiian monk seals improves survival
Shifting young Hawaiian monk seals from their whelping beaches to safer areas free of sharks and the threat of entanglement in marine debris may improve survival ...
WSB: To count prairie dogs, transmit or dye?
As wildlife managers work to translocate prairie dogs, they don’t always have the right tools to track how successful their efforts are. Researchers in Colorado ...
JWM: Translocated horned lizards face new hurdles
Researchers working to translocate declining Texas horned lizards across parts of their former range are working to overcome challenges brought about by changes on ...
Reintroduced bison returning to ancestral haunts in Banff
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 ...
Translocating pesky squirrels can help declining owls
One person’s annoyance can be a declining species’ treasure. Wildlife managers are putting squirrels that are a nuisance to ranchers and other landowners to ...
Conservationists race to save Hawaiian kiwikiu honeycreeper
A Hawaiian bird endemic to Maui is running out of chances after avian malaria scuttled a recent translocation attempt in a remote area of the island. “The best ...
Could past mistakes guide future reintroductions?
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 ...
Three wolves released on Isle Royale
Three more gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been translocated to Isle Royale National Park, the National Park Service reported. A fourth wolf was also translocated ...