Month: April 2018

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has named Susan Combs the Interior Department’s acting assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, giving her oversight of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and...

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is currently accepting public comments on proposed updates to the Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program standards. The proposed changes are intended...

While biologists have often studied individual elk (Cervus canadensis) herds, a team of researchers recently wanted to get a bigger picture of elk throughout the West. “This bigger study allowed...

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, won’t open until next month, but attendees who want to get a jump on their accommodations should book now...

When Collen Kamoroff was sampling the montane lake waters of eastern California, she was trying to ensure they no longer contained invasive fish. Instead, she found what she believes could...

The University of North Dakota Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society, formed in 1988, participates in numerous activities throughout the year, including wood duck box repairs, surveys at wildlife refuges...

Moose have endured disease and predators, but another threat may be putting their populations more at risk than ever before, according to an essay in the digital magazine Aeon. “In...

Early last month, a strain of bacteria known to cause pneumonia in wild sheep and mountain goats in the continental United States was found in Alaska. This pathogen has the...

The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society has released a new position statement titled Managing for Biodiversity in Northeastern Forests. Approved last month, the statement expresses concern that the effects of...

Two weeks ago, eBird logged its 500 millionth observation. Launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in 2002, the online checklist is a handy resource for birders, but how does...