Month: January 2019

California wildlife officials say a January outbreak of avian cholera has killed thousands of ducks, gulls and other water birds at the Salton Sea. Such outbreaks occur annually due to...

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) populations have declined steeply since the 1990s, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine that monarchs may warrant listing under the federal Endangered...

Biology textbooks have changed over time, reflecting new discoveries and changes in society and the environment. But researchers recently found that introductory university textbooks today are leaving out an important...

A colony of feral cats (Felis catus) has been removed from Long Island’s Jones Beach State Park and taken to animal shelters in an effort to protect piping plovers (Charadrius...

This article originally appears in the Nevada Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2018/Winter 2019 newsletter. The University of Nevada, Reno Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society entered the fall...

This article originally appears in the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2018 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from the Central Michigan University, Michigan State University, Northland College,...

The population of San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) in Bakersfield, California is declining rapidly due to an outbreak of sarcoptic mange. Bakersfield’s KBAK/KBFX reports that the population of...

Reports from hunters and Inuit groups in northern Quebec-Labrador suggested the Torngat caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herd was declining, but researchers didn’t know to what extent and why. For a study...

How do you find a little mouse amid tall plants? That was the challenge facing researchers trying to detect the presence of the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus luteus...

Habitat fragmentation is splintering California’s mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations, researchers found. As urbanization between Los Angeles and San Diego spreads across landscapes historically used by mountain lions, it is...