Month: July 2018

July 12, 2018

Exploring Ohio: Public lands near the ‘Land’

Click here to register for TWS’ 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, or visit twsconference.org for details, regular updates and other important conference information. For many people, thoughts of Cleveland...

July 11, 2018

2018 Farm Bill heads to conference committee

The Senate has passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill, sending it to a conference committee to work out differences with a House bill and return a single bill...

July 11, 2018

AI anticipates spring bird arrival as Arctic climate shifts

As temperatures rise and the Arctic climate becomes more unpredictable, birds could be following the shifting spring and showing up to nest off schedule. Researchers recently developed machine learning approaches...

July 11, 2018

JWM: Bats respond differently to abandoned mine gates

About 80,000 abandoned mines remain in the landscape of the Southwest. These sites can be dangerous to people that come across or enter them, but bats use these abandoned mines...

July 11, 2018

Is migration the reason for monarchs’ decline?

Why are monarch butterflies on the decline? “The migration itself might be the problem,” researcher Anurag Agrawal told the Washington Post. Agrawal is lead author on a paper in Science...

July 10, 2018

Reports of rabies in Michigan bats on rise

Michigan health officials have seen a sharp increase in rabid bats. The Detroit Free Press reports that the state Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Laboratories has identified...

July 10, 2018

Wildlife Services series highlights tools, techniques

In 2016, USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services launched a new, online peer-reviewed technical series on wildlife damage management. Four titles have been added this year. The series consists of articles written by...

July 10, 2018

Wildlife and habitat restorations workshop this August

The Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society will hold its annual summer workshop Aug. 16 in St. Michael, Minnesota, with this year’s theme being wildlife and habitat restorations. The workshop...

July 9, 2018

Apply for Native Student Professional Development Program

The Native Student Professional Development Program provides Native American students with the opportunity to attend The Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference, the largest gathering of wildlife professionals in North America. Now...

July 9, 2018

City bumblebees fare better than those on farms

Bumblebees that live in cities and villages seem to be faring better than bumblebees using agricultural fields as habitat, according to new research. To determine how the bees were faring...