Month: February 2016

Prairie dogs in the western United States often face outbreaks of plague — an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis — that can wipe out entire populations of...

Graduate student Matthew Broadway took home first place in the master’s category for poster presentations at The Wildlife Society’s 22nd Annual Conference last October. He is a student at the...

The Wyoming Chapter of TWS supports new mitigation policy approved by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission that will protect the migration corridors of mule deer, elk and other ungulate...

The Student Chapter of TWS at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) will be hosting its 4th annual ‘Beast Feast’ on February 27, 2016. The event will take place at 6:30...

After 10 years of negotiations between government, private, and aboriginal groups, British Columbia has announced a deal regarding the management of a large area of rainforest along its coastline. The...

The wildlife discipline is actually quite broad, with a number of subject areas in which students are expected to become proficient, including such diverse topics as field skills, natural history,...

Members of The Wildlife Society will now receive a 5 percent discount on tuition at American Public University as a benefit of the new Strategic Partner relationship between the two...

An annual bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) count in Brackendale Provincial Park in British Columbia revealed the lowest number of bald eagles in the park’s 30-year history. In the past, bald...

On Jan. 27, 2016, the Western Governors’ Association sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management requesting additional information regarding their administration of the National Wild Horse and Burro...

Lynx are making good use of some sections of forest impacted by spruce beetles, according to ongoing research. “The notion before we started the study was that it was possibly...