Month: April 2018

Senators passed the Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act (H.R. 3979) on April 9, following its passage by the House of Representatives in December. It will now go to President Trump...

For brown bear cubs, it pays to be a mama’s boy or girl. Researchers recently found that brown bear (Ursus arctos) cubs in south-central Sweden stay with their mothers longer...

The Western State Colorado University Student Chapter is rapidly approaching the end of an unnaturally mild and dry winter in Gunnison and has had a successful first half of the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to reclassify the Hawaiian goose (Branta (=Nesochen) sandvicensis), also known as the nene, from endangered to threatened. This proposal is “based on a...

What’s a mule deer’s (Odocoileus hemionus) favorite spring snack? Researchers tackled this question to help homeowners determine which flowers to plant to avoid deer gobbling up their gardens. “Deer come...

In the last decade, an innovative community-based ecotourism strategy has attracted attention in Laos for saving wildlife and supplementing local people’s incomes. Researchers found that paying villagers for tourists’ wildlife...

Jake Reisdorf has a sweet life for a high school freshman. After school, the Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, resident walks downtown to tend to Carmel Honey Company, a business he grew out...

When Congress passed the omnibus appropriations bill last month, legislators included a mandate for the Bureau of Land Management to provide a new wild horse and burro management plan. The...

The Smithsonian Institution is poised to take over the U.S. Geological Survey’s Biological Survey Unit after federal funding for the 108-year-old unit ends this year. The Biological Survey Unit was...

The Wildlife Society’s Northeast Section membership increased from 350 to 1,200 members since it implemented a change in its due structure about eight months ago. In the past, members had...