Tag: hunting

For brown bear cubs, it pays to be a mama’s boy or girl. Researchers recently found that brown bear (Ursus arctos) cubs in south-central Sweden stay with their mothers longer...

Hunters and anglers are being celebrated this week for their continued contributions to fish and wildlife conservation funding. The contributions of waterfowl hunters will be highlighted on next year’s Federal...

The International Wildlife Conservation Council will meet for the first time on Friday at the main Interior Building in Washington, D.C. The department’s newest advisory council was formed in December...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reversed a ban on trophy imports for several African species while simultaneously withdrawing findings that gave broader permissions for importation. The Service will...

While Idaho and Wyoming may offer limited grizzly hunts this year, Montana officials are postponing any decision to allow hunts there, citing ongoing court battles. The three states are permitted...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has lost a legal battle over its April 2014 decision to ban the import of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe. The USFWS’ original decision to...

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced the establishment of a new panel that will advise the secretaries of Interior and Agriculture on conservation endeavors that benefit wildlife resources,...

A group of researchers is calling for “extreme care” in managing trophy hunting after finding that the harvest of males that hunters worldwide choose could contribute to extinction in some...

The rise of populism in the United States is affecting a range of issues, and according to a recent study, wildlife management is no exception. The study published in Biological...

Nominations for the 2018 Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Research Scholarship will be accepted through May 1. The annual scholarship is open to any graduate student studying upland birds or waterfowl...