Month: October 2016

Technical Reviews are scientific analyses related to prominent topics and issues in wildlife science, management, conservation and policy that are written by panels of experts and are often used in...

The Royal Society of Canada named Mark Boyce, a TWS fellow and Past President of the Canadian Section as this year’s recipient of the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal. The award honors...

Cats are a favorite household pet, and sometimes people want to let them outside for some fresh air. But recent research shows that it’s not just mice and rats that...

As the climate warms, a deadly scourge is spreading through North American pine forests: the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). But the beetles aren’t killing every type of pine in...

Two recent court decisions highlight how climate change projections can influence wildlife listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act. On Oct. 18, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reissued a...

On Oct. 13, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the Columbian white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus leucurus), a rare subspecies found in the Pacific Northwest, has been downlisted from...

John Craighead, legendary wildlife conservationist and longtime member of The Wildlife Society, recently died just weeks after turning 100. He was considered one of America’s leading scientists, and perhaps best...

Nest box guards work, but the most effective kinds aren’t the ones most people use, according to new research presented during TWS’ 23rd Annual Conference in Raleigh, N.C. Today, nest...

Earlier this year The Wildlife Society’s current CEO and Executive Director, Ken Williams, announced that he will be retiring effective July 1, 2017. Over the past few years, Williams has...

A common forestry practice may be bad for salamanders, but good for lizards, according to a recent U.S. Forest Service study published in Forest Ecology and Management. The researchers compared...