Month: February 2018

February 2, 2018

Honey bees pollinate a lot more than just crops

Buzz about the agricultural significance of honey bees and concerns about the implications of their decline for food production are widespread, but discussions about their status as pollinators beyond farms...

February 2, 2018

TWS and Wisconsin Chapter member receives award

Harvey Halvorsen, a TWS member since 1974 and a member of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society, was awarded the 2017 Wisconsin DNR Wildlife Management Leadership Award during a...

February 2, 2018

Advisory boards face upheaval in Trump administration

Many advisory boards are changing in leadership and organization under the Trump administration. These changes have drawn pushback from some board members and non-government partners. Federal advisory boards are authorized...

February 1, 2018

JWM: Pneumonia ‘spillover’ challenges bighorn efforts

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) once occupied much of the Western landscape, but in the centuries since European settlers arrived, pneumonia has reduced or wiped out populations and put the species...

February 1, 2018

TWS urges Zinke to balance Alaska wildlife needs with energy development

The Wildlife Society has written a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, urging him to protect important wildlife habitat on lands in the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska (NPR-A)  as the Bureau of...

February 1, 2018

Birds and mammals respond quicker to climate change

A look back at fossils and other data from up to 270 million years ago suggests that mammals and birds adapt better to changing climates than their cold-blooded counterparts —...