Month: March 2017

Evelyn Merrill didn’t realize she wanted to be a wildlife professional until she took an ecology class during the senior year of her undergraduate career in government and art history....

In early March, many members of The Wildlife Society met in conjunction with the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Spokane, WA. This is a long-standing partnership that...

Hannah O’Malley, AWB® and TWS-Illinois Chapter member, has been selected as the 2016 Eastern Region Wildlife Specialist of the Year in the USDA’s Wildlife Services program.  O’Malley has been a...

Counting moose throughout the vast boreal forests and mountain ranges where they roam can be hard to do. Helicopter surveys are effective but expensive, so they tend to be few...

Recording bird sounds by drone might be a good way to survey birds in hard-to-reach areas, according to new research. In a study published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, researchers...

More Americans are recreating outdoors than 10 years ago, according to a recent report, and that trend is expected to continue its decades-long climb. Nature viewing activities are among the...

The National Women’s History Project, founded in 1980, is a nonprofit educational organization committed to recognizing and celebrating women’s diverse and significant historical accomplishments. Each March, the group highlights the...

In March 2016, a little brown bat found sick near North Bend, Washington, tested positive for white-nose syndrome (WNS), an invasive disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, or Pd....

The Wildlife Society is mourning the death of longtime staffer Jane Jorgensen. A 30-year employee, Jorgensen was TWS’s finance and office manager, and her long tenure and warm personality made...

Wolves tend to kill prey less often when bears are present, according to recent research. This is contrary to the previous assumption that wolves kill more often when bears are...