Month: April 2019

The story of the wolf’s (Canis lupus) return to Yellowstone National Park has become legend. Their reintroduction brought a cascade of healthy impacts to the ecosystem. They reduced the elk...

Modern tracking devices can be tiny, but they can still have effects on some of the birds fitted with them, researchers found, although those impacts are sometimes overlooked. This blind...

As biologists consider the role that genetic engineering could play in solving ecological and public health problems, one of the biggest concerns has been the danger of genetically engineered traits...

Site visits are critical to helping scientists learn more about species and their habitats. The trips often take them into areas most people do not have a chance to explore,...

Crafty kangaroo rats really put the kick into their jump when attacked by venomous vipers. According to new research conducted with the help of high speed video cameras, the desert...

Graduate student Austin Wieseler earned the Outstanding M.S. Graduate Student Award from the South Dakota chapter of The Wildlife Society for his work on examining survival and mortality in the Badlands...

Heavy livestock grazing causes more damage to small mammal populations living in montane meadows in the Southwest than wildfires, researchers found. Ecosystems across the region are experiencing an uptick in...

While the federal government has been working for 30 years to recover the endangered red wolf (Canis rufus) in North Carolina, opponents argue that red wolves are more coyote (Canis...

A “Beast Feast” of cricket brownies and wild meat and women-mentored deer hunts are among the wonderful benefits enjoyed by the members of the University of Florida TWS student chapter,...

The Water, Oceans and Wildlife subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee met last week to consider several wildlife conservation bills, in a legislative hearing chaired by Rep. Jared Huffman,...