Month: February 2018

Congress has passed a new two-year spending deal, offering $90 billion in disaster aid that will benefit natural resource agencies. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received $210.6 million in...

The Cleveland State Community College (CSCC) Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society has been busy over the last six months, logging over 995 volunteer hours across many activities. In May,...

The Wildlife Society will hold its 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, from October 7-11, 2018. The Conference will include workshops, symposia, panel discussions, contributed oral presentations, contributed posters, and...

In a recent letter, The Wildlife Society urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reconsider a new interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act — an interpretation that allows for the...

Some lands removed from Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by President Trump’s executive order in December have been opened to mining and drilling. These lands, set aside...

In wild and rural areas, red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) tend to steer clear of coyotes (Canis latrans), which often kill foxes to reduce competition for food. But across the campus...

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society is excited to announce that The Wildlife Confessional anthology, a collection of short stories by dyed-in-the-wool wildlife biologists that endeavors to show the...

The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced its intent to conduct five-year status reviews for three endangered whale species. These include the endangered fin whale (Baleaenoptera physalus), sei whale (Baleaenoptera...

After a decades-long recovery, California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) are dwindling again due to climate-driven reductions in prey, a recent long-term study shows. Centuries of human exploitation had once suppressed...

Looking back at the evolution of bats, researchers found that omnivorous species — which consume both plants and animal products — produce more species over time than bats that are...