Month: May 2019

Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners have voted down a citizen petition that would have outlawed the hunting and trapping of bobcats (Lynx rufus). State biologists say the species is stable...

This March, a program where incarcerated women help caterpillars metamorphose into Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies (Euphydryas editha taylori), helped raise 476 caterpillars that were later released into the wild. The program,...

Below is a summary of recent Chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Spring 2019 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from the...

In 2007, a male coyote (Canis latrans) wandered right into the open door of a Quiznos restaurant during lunch time in Chicago. This bold behavior got Christopher Schell, assistant professor...

Taiwanese snakes will risk a lot for fresh turtle eggs. Female Formosa kukri snakes (Oligodon formosanus) feed almost entirely on reptile eggs, but they have a particular taste for sea...

An eagle feather may be light in weight, but it can pack enough isotopic data to reveal the changing patterns of prey availability across a landscape. Researchers used stable isotopes...

In his 35 years studying ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), 42-year TWS member Michael Tewes has seen plenty of efforts to conserve them in his home state of Texas, but they haven’t...

The Interior Department has awarded $2.1 million in grants to state and local partners in six Western states for habitat conservation activities in big game migration corridors. The grants target...

Moose populations continue to increase at Isle Royale National Park despite efforts to control their numbers through the introduction of wolves. According to the latest annual report, moose (Alces americanus)...

The Wildlife Society joined with the American Fisheries Society to submit comments on a recent proposal to redefine “waters of the U.S.,” the phrase that determines whether the Clean Water...