Month: November 2015

November 18, 2015

Climate Academy Registration Now Open for 2016 Session

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) is accepting applications for the 2016 session of the Climate Academy until December 11. Designed for natural resource managers...

November 18, 2015

Researchers Find Potential Cure for Deadly Amphibian Fungus

A potential cure for the deadly disease wiping out vast populations of amphibians all came down to special two-liter coke bottles filled with water and tadpoles from an island off...

November 18, 2015

Researchers Confirm Snake Fungal Disease Culprit

Researchers have identified the fungus that’s causing snake fungal disease, an emerging disease in the eastern and midwestern United States that causes lesions on a number of snake species. While...

November 17, 2015

Delmarva Fox Squirrel Removed from Endangered Species List

One of the first subspecies to be listed as federally endangered over 45 years ago has made its way back from the brink of extinction, thanks in large part to...

November 17, 2015

Squirrel Researcher Takes on Winnipeg

Jessica Watson, a student member of The Wildlife Society, studies squirrel behavior and interaction as part of her undergraduate research at Concordia College in Minnesota. She presented her research at...

November 16, 2015

Wild Cam: Massive Study Reveals Raptor Ranges

A massive camera trap project is revealing range data on eagles, hawks, vultures and other birds of prey. The AppalachianEagles project has generated over 3 million photos so far from...

November 16, 2015

The Wildlife Professional Winter Issue is Online

The latest issue of The Wildlife Professional is now online. Read about efforts to study the recent snowy owl irruption, the expansion of carnivore populations in the Midwest, the role...

November 13, 2015

Oregon Delists Gray Wolf

On November 9 the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-2 to delist the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the state’s endangered species list. This decision changes little in the...

November 13, 2015

Orphaned Bears Get By with a Little Help from Researchers

For several decades, researchers have been bottle-feeding and caring for different species of orphaned bears throughout the world before releasing them back into the wild — but an absence of...

November 12, 2015

Supporting Black-footed Ferret Recovery

Black-footed ferret recovery took two new steps forward in October, with releases outside of Denver at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge and on the Crow Nation lands east...