Month: January 2019

The Wildlife Society is now accepting applications for the Leadership Institute Class of 2019. The deadline to submit applications is March 24 by 11:59 p.m. EST. Leadership Institute participants engage...

Are hipsters the new hunters? Ask TWS members Charles Evans and Loren Chase, who were both quoted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. “A group of veteran...

Hummingbird bills are designed to draw nectar from flowers, but researchers have found that some male hummingbirds have developed bills better suited for stabbing their rivals. “It is all about...

When biologists think about climate change, they tend to look at slow, long-term changes that affect wildlife. What’s happening to alpine species as temperatures rise, or Arctic mammals as polar...

It’s hard to look for something when you don’t know what you’re looking for. That is what researchers faced when they tried to find contaminants in polar bear (Ursus maritimus)...

With 800,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay, Washington D.C., is quieter than normal, even as new member of Congress and their families flock to the city as the...

The University of Florida Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society has experienced a sea of change during the 2018/2019 school year, under the leadership of its new president, Joanna Ennis,...

Scientists have long believed that the difference between two species came down to reproductive incompatibility as a result of adapting to different environments. But researchers recently found that may not...

The last snail belonging to the species Achatinella apexfulva in Hawaii died New Year’s Day at 14 years old, according to researchers with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources....

The administration released a proposal to reduce the Clean Water Act’s authority over isolated wetlands and other waterways. The proposed rule would redefine “waters of the U.S.,” the phrase that...