Month: August 2016

Twenty-nine years ago, biologists traveled to the ranching community of Meeteetse in Wyoming to trap the last few black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) in existence. Now, the descendants of those ferrets...

Forests in North America have changed rapidly over the past century. Before European settlement, forests were a mosaic of open pine and hardwood forests, prairies, and woodland savannas. Recent studies have...

For over a decade, chickadees, nuthatches and other birds in parts of North America and Europe have been spotted with deformed beaks — overgrown to a point where the birds...

The spread of avian influenza viruses in dabbling ducks has a lot to do with the life cycle of the migrating birds as well as the season, according to a...

The National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have each begun a five-year review of species currently listed as federally endangered under the Endangered Species Act....

After a two-year hiatus, The Wildlife Society’s Lethbridge Student Chapter is back on track. “The students are ready and willing to take up the challenges, and looking forward to reestablishing...

USGS is providing a two-part series on eight species feeling the effects of climate change. Part 1 is available here. From forest to grassland, desert to ocean, many wildlife species...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on July 26 their final methodology for changing the status review process for species listed on the Endangered Species Act. This methodology, first...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and its peregrine falcon program enjoyed an active spring. USDA’s Wildlife Services (WS) has appreciated the opportunity to participate with many partners across Missouri...

The National Park Service’s Los Angeles Urban Coyote Project, which was launched over a year ago in May, has recently added a new coyote to its study. Biologists are tracking...