Month: August 2016

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

While researchers have long followed the rapid increase and decline of New Jersey’s resident Canada geese populations, recent research looking at data from the last few decades has been able...

In Atlanta, Georgia, West Nile virus (WNV) is rampant — but only in birds. Humans in the area are relatively free of the mosquito-borne illness, and they may have cardinals...

Ongoing conservation efforts for one of the world’s most endangered species have raised questions about legislative authority impacting wildlife conservation in the United States. The dusky gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus,...

Forests infested with privet invoke a kind of despair in people attuned to the problem of invasive plants. Privet invades a forest quickly, sprawling across the understory and growing into...

With an expected turnout of 1,800-2,000 people, the largest gathering of wildlife professionals in North America will draw attendees from across the continent. In an effort to offset impacts of...

Sweet sorghum, switchgrass and trees are among some of the products that are used as fuel for bioenergy, or renewable energy produced by living organisms. In a recent study published...

In an effort to monitor grizzly bear populations in national parks, researchers placed remote cameras throughout the Rocky Mountains. In a recent study published in Biological Conservation, TWS member Robin...

One hundred years ago today, Canada and the United States signed the Migratory Bird Treaty, a landmark agreement to protect North America’s migratory birds. Signed on Aug. 16, 1916, the...

More species have been removed from the Endangered Species List during the Obama administration than in all previous administrations combined. In a final rule released on Aug. 12, the U.S....