Month: March 2015

The Minnesota Chapter, Western Section, and TWS Headquarters participated in the Teaming with Wildlife National Coalition’s Annual Fly-In to advocate for increased funding levels for the State and Tribal Wildlife...

Wildlife biologist Steve Kendrot, a member of The Wildlife Society since 1993, recently received the 2015 Leadership/Aquatics Award during National Invasive Species Awareness Week. Currently the deputy director of the...

The Missouri Chapter of The Wildlife Society submitted comments to the Missouri legislature noting their opposition to several pieces of legislation targeting the Missouri Department of Conservation. The legislation being...

Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society (ACTWS) biologists again played a key role in the success of the second annual Beaver Hills Bioblitz held January 18, 2015 at the Strathcona...

Researchers have discovered several bird species that host ticks carrying Lyme disease bacteria in northwestern California as well as another pathogen that causes chronic illness in humans. “The role of...

After two years of struggling to study moose calves, Minnesota wildlife researchers plan to give the moose calves study another try this year after working out a few issues. Last...

Researchers with South Dakota State University are finishing up a three-year study funded by the South Dakota Department of Fish, Game and Parks and the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station...

Recent lab work has determined why turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) have been turning up comatose in wildlife clinics in northern California since last year. Researchers with the California Department of...

Gull populations off Canada’s southwest coast have dropped by half since the 1980s, likely due to a decline in quality food, according to a new study. But at the risk...

Scientists are calling for an emergency plan to protect the fauna of Madagascar after a fungal disease that has laid waste to vast populations of amphibians across the world has...