Month: April 2018

Debate has begun on the 2018 Farm Bill, which aims to reauthorize a variety of commodity, nutrition, forestry and conservation programs under the U.S. Department of Agriculture until 2023. The...

Bats seem to follow the leader to look for food sources, sometimes even when the leader is from a different species. In a study published in Science Advances, researchers found...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed a secretarial order to expand public recreation opportunities on federal lands and waters on April 18. The order requires Department of Interior bureaus to develop...

The 21st Annual Quiz Bowl will take place Monday through Wednesday during the TWS Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. As a participant or as a member of the audience, you’ll...

Planners of the 2018 Bird Strike Committee USA annual conference invite students, practitioners and others to submit presentations and posters for the meeting, which will be held Aug. 21-23 in...

The New York Chapter of The Wildlife Society, in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environment Conservation, will host a workshop on Blanding’s turtle habitat assessment May 25...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule last week declaring that the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) is no longer threatened with extinction and can be removed...

The images of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes’ Tony the Tiger, Cheetos’ Chester Cheetah and Toys R Us’ Geoffrey the Giraffe surround us all the time. But how does the widespread presence...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a general conservation plan intended to “protect the Utah prairie dog and benefit economic productivity.” This plan, released in consultation with the...

Researchers recently looked at the bigger picture of how migratory birds, mammals and fishes are faring in a world constantly changed by humans. “We had all heard a lot about...