Month: September 2018

The Indiana Chapter of The Wildlife Society will hold a workshop for wildlife professionals on communicating your message Oct. 30 at the Hendricks County 4-H Center in Danville, Indiana. This...

As hunters take to the forest this fall, the risks posed by chronic wasting disease are greater than ever. Last February, a white-tailed deer that tested positive for the disease...

National parks in the United States are bearing the brunt of climate change, a recent study says, putting many small mammals and plants at risk of extinction by the end...

Turtles are rapidly going extinct, researchers found, but many people have no idea they’re vanishing and are unaware of the valuable ecological roles they play. Whit Gibbons, professor emeritus of...

Beneficial flying insects such as native bees, moths, butterflies and others seem to be less abundant than usual, while pests such as mosquitoes, disease carrying ticks, cockroaches and others are...

New England’s red (Sciurus vulgaris) and gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) are eating up farmers’ crops since there’s not as much food and acorn crops as last year. Last year, a...

Being around noisy traffic may make zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) that have left the nest age faster than birds in more rural environments, according to new research. Researchers had known...

The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies passed seven new resolutions at their recent meeting in Tampa, Florida. The resolutions highlight several keys topics facing wildlife conservation and management, including...

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.  While biological,...

In July, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service announced several proposed changes to regulations enforcing the Endangered Species Act. Released for public review and...