Month: June 2016

June 23, 2016

Florida black bear hunt canceled for 2016

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently voted to hold off on this year’s black bear hunt. Last year, the state’s first bear hunt in 21 years — as...

June 23, 2016

‘Frankenturtles’ may help solve turtle stranding mystery

There’s no bringing a dead sea turtle back to life. But by filling its carcass with Styrofoam and a GPS tracker, researchers can turn it into a scientific instrument, gathering...

June 23, 2016

TWS member joins the ranks of Boone and Crockett wildlife professors

It was a fall day in the mid-1980s, and then 15-year-old Joshua Millspaugh had just read in the news that researchers in upstate New York had immobilized a moose and...

June 22, 2016

Wildlife habitat thrives in northern boreal forests

Northern boreal forests in Quebec — home to black spruce trees (Picea mariana) that many species of wildlife rely on for habitat — can provide refuge to species that suffer...

June 22, 2016

New Partner supports TWS members and pollinator health

As a new TWS Premier Partner, Bayer Bee Care will help the Society foster an innovative conservation program and stimulate an increase in suitable pollinator habitat. As part of the...

June 21, 2016

Grasslands in peril in the Midwest

North Dakota has enjoyed a booming economy in the past decade, but it has paid for that growth with vast stretches of ecologically rich grasslands, The Washington Post reports. The...

June 21, 2016

Connecting wildlife in the face of climate change

While past research has shown that habitat corridors help provide refuge for species across roadways and other urban or disturbed areas, new research shows the wildlife corridors might also help...

June 20, 2016

July issue of JWM and new Wildlife Monograph now online

The July 2016 issue of The Journal of Wildlife Management (Vol. 80.5) contains the latest research reports on management and conservation, habitat relations, population ecology and quantitative approaches. In this...

June 20, 2016

Judge blocks USFWS from endangered wolf release

A federal judge has blocked U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from releasing Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) into New Mexico without first acquiring permits from the state. The injunction, which...

June 20, 2016

Wild Cam: Wildlife largely undisturbed by outdoor adventurers

Have you ever wondered whether your hike through the woods is disturbing wildlife? You can probably relax, according to a new study that assessed how animals react to hunting and...