Month: August 2015

August 18, 2015

Insecticides Alter Spiders’ Personalities and Behaviors

Consume the same amount of alcohol as your friend, and you may notice that you’re acting a little loopier than them, or vice versa. This is the idea that urged...

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August 17, 2015

Increased Human-Bison Conflict in Yellowstone

A prosperous bison population at Yellowstone National Park is causing conflicts with tourists this year. Since mid-May, five individuals visiting the park were trampled, tossed in the air and otherwise...

August 17, 2015

Research Assistantships Available for Native Americans

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Premier Partner of The Wildlife Society, is sponsoring a research assistantship program for Native American students. This is the second year for the program, which will...

August 17, 2015

TWS Conference: Wolf Capital of the World

A little more than 10 years ago, if someone had told Volker Beckmann that the new 10-story high mural of a wolf’s face he helped choose to be painted in...

August 17, 2015

Request for 2015 – 2016 TWS Committees Volunteers

One of the primary responsibilities of the TWS President is to appoint all of our committee volunteers that help make important decisions for TWS, such as selecting our award recipients....

August 17, 2015

Video: Drones Quicken the Heart Rates of Bears

Humans and bears might not be all that different when it comes to responding to drones flying overhead. A new study shows that when researchers flew these unmanned aerial vehicles...

August 14, 2015

Effective New Model for Predicting Shorebird Habitat

Seashore managers have a new tool to help them protect future habitat for the federally endangered piping plover. “A lot of the national parks and especially the national seashores along...

August 14, 2015

Isotopes and Telemetry Reveal Golden Eagle Migratory Patterns

New research on hydrogen isotopes on golden eagles shows that at least some birds of a feather may fly together. While researchers have long known more or less where eastern...

August 13, 2015

Banding the Bay’s Pelicans

Early on a beautiful July morning professionals from local wildlife agencies and volunteers met at a Crisfield, Maryland boat ramp. Our destination? Smith Island, a small series of islands on...

August 13, 2015

The High Speed Chase to Find Why Birds Change Altitudes

It was generally around 4 a.m. when the car chase would start to get old. Melissa Bowlin would be thinking, “Please just land, bird — that spot looks great over...