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French Science and Life magazine recently published an article about the legend of the Chupacabra. CKWRI's Dr. Scott Henke provides his interpretation of scientific research (using genetic analysis) that is likely the explanation of these creatures. Read the full (translated) article below. Chupacabra: the vampire, the alien and the canine
KINGSVILLE (August 3, 2023) — Researchers with the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (CKWRI) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville have been awarded two contracts from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service totaling nearly $14 million for ocelot conservation efforts and to research possible impacts of border barrier infrastructure construction on animal movements.  This work is funded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection through an Interagency Agreement with the U.S.
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Read about conservation perspectives and threats of wildlife disease in South Texas, northern bobwhites and habitat fragmentation, conservation of nesting waterbirds along the Texas coast, if gray hawks are an urban success story and more in the Spring 2023 issue of Caesar Kleberg Tracks magazine.  
Whether you are interested in WILD CATS, DEER, QUAIL, WATERFOWL, WILD TURKEYS, or HABITAT RESTORATION, you'll want to check out CKWRI's 2021-2022 CURRENT RESEARCH REPORT now available online!
Read about the influence of dietary energy on deer size, antlers, and reproduction, the effects of painting a Texas tortoise, bobcats in working landscapes of South Texas, habitat restoration and more in the Fall 2022 issue of Caesar Kleberg Tracks magazine.  
The Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute has the opportunity to award annual scholarships to Institute graduate students and Range and Wildlife Management undergraduate students who have demonstrated outstanding academic and professional excellence in their progress towards attaining either an advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in range and wildlife management or a bachelor’s degree in range and wildlife management. *Applicants will be considered for all scholarships. No need to apply for a specific scholarship.  
Read about in this issue: Can We Count Deer Using Drones?, It's About Time for Spot Tails!, the Patton Center for Deer Research, and more!
This year’s Caesar Kleberg keynote address at The Wildlife Society's Annual Conference in Spokane, Washington will focus on how Texas’s diversity of resources can serve as a model for conservation. Some of the very issues that make Texas challenging can also be surprising sources of support for conservation efforts, said David Hewitt, executive director of CKWRI, which sponsors the keynote. This year’s keynote will be delivered by Joni Carswell, CEO and president of Texan by Nature, a Texas nonprofit founded in 2011 by former First Lady Laura Bush that strives to bring the conservation and business worlds together.
Dr. Michael Tewes' narrative from the 37th Annual Faculty Lecture explains the conservation challenges facing the elusive ocelot, a decoratively spotted feline adorning natural areas in the Western Hemisphere. Its northern range reaches the southern tip of Texas with fewer than 80 ocelots remaining in two small isolated populations.