Tag: conservation

While initiatives like the Endangered Species Act help, researchers say there’s not enough funding to recover all listed species. That leaves federal agencies with difficult decisions. Researchers set out to...

A new tool developed by Canadian researchers seeks to direct limited conservation dollars to where they would save the most species per dollar. Researchers from the University of British Columbia...

At its 25th Annual Conference, The Wildlife Society is celebrating the conservation successes we’ve achieved, but that doesn’t mean the work is done. As speakers took the stage at the...

Wildlife conservation faces challenges around the world, but conservationists can celebrate several important success stories. That is the theme of this year’s annual conference, TWS’s 25th annual conference, and it...

Champions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund are again pushing to reauthorize the program before it expires. The fund, which uses proceeds from offshore and gas drilling to conserve...

The Department of Interior has announced the approval of $23.8 million in grants for waterfowl and wetland conservation. The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission issued the grants, which will be awarded to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the conservation of nearly 135,000 acres...

Conserving wildlife doesn’t work very well without taking humans into account. The North American Bird Conservation Initiative has launched a new program to highlight the advantages of bringing the social...

The latest issue of The Wildlife Professional salutes conservation successes, starting with our cover feature, Ready for Release — Rebound of the Kirtland’s Warbler. The population of the tiny bird...

Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) have rebounded in northern Australia, but the swelling populations may be creating problems across the Timor Sea to the north, where the young nation of Timor-Leste...

If you can’t save all the endangered species in the world, which ones do you choose? It’s not an easy question for conservationists, but they do have a way to...