Month: April 2019

Last month, wildlife professionals and supporters from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C. to participate in an annual fly-in highlighting the value of the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program...

Wolf populations continue to expand in Washington state, according to an annual report. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s annual wolf report documented at least 126 gray wolves (Canis lupus),...

The effects of bright cities on migratory birds isn’t something to take lightly, but the biggest cities may not have the biggest impact on long-term journeys.  Instead, cities that lie...

The ballot for The Wildlife Society’s 2019 elections include a proposed bylaws amendment and nominees for the positions of Vice President, Northwest Section Representative, Western Section Representative and North Central...

Polar bears are rummaging in dumps and ingesting plastic bags, according to new research. An analysis looking at the stomach content of 51 polar bears killed by subsistence hunters in...

Some 57 million households in the United States have birdfeeders. The food can benefit the birds, but what effect do birdfeeders have on the people who hang them, fill them...

Historic trade of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) may have caused declines nearly six times greater than previously thought, according to new research. The researchers said the historical...

Over the last two decades, the number of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in North America has plummeted by approximately 90 percent — in part due to winter habitat loss in Mexico and increased...

A massive Burmese python (Python bivittatus) weighing 140 pounds and carrying 73 developing eggs was capture in the Florida Everglades by wildlife technicians last week. The invasive snake, which was...

Decades of records of grizzly bears preying on cattle and other livestock on grazing land in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have revealed some key ways to limit livestock losses.  “Conflicts...