Month: August 2018

Across the West, land managers are undertaking juniper removal projects in an effort to restore sagebrush landscapes where fire suppression has allowed the plant to take over. The projects are...

Russian cosmonauts have installed an antenna on the International Space Station to help a team of scientists track animals. The operation was part of a German-led project known as Icarus,...

On his first day studying long-billed curlews (Numenius americanus) in southwest Idaho, Jay Carlisle came across a disturbing find. A curlew lay dead on the side of the road, shot...

For animals in dry climates, finding water is key to survival. One place that some species find it, a team of researchers found, is in their muscles. “Most animals don’t...

Most Americans accept genetic engineering of animals if it benefits human health, but other purposes, including efforts to resurrect extinct species, are less welcomed. A recent study by the Pew...

When people get sick, they tend to retreat to their beds, opting for rest and recovery instead of infecting others. It’s been widely believed that sick wild animals also isolate...

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is now open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on the Conference tab. Scientific advancements...

Mexico’s environmental protection agency reportedly stepped in when it discovered a protected species of tarantulas was being served up at a Mexico City restaurant. The restaurant, whose menu includes grasshoppers,...

The Senate has passed the appropriations bill (H.R. 6147) for the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies as part of a small omnibus package, or “minibus,” with the Agriculture, Financial Services-General...

Looking back 1,000 years, researchers have found that Native Americans used fire to help them hunt bison (Bison bison), a fact they say can provide insight into fire management today....