Month: June 2019

Brad Keitt woke up early enough to make it to the dock by 5 a.m., to get everything loaded onto the research vessel by first light. The sport fishing boats...

Environment and Climate Change Canada recently released proposed changes to its migratory bird regulations. While Canada’s migratory bird  regulations, which were first adopted in 1917, have been amended several times...

Biologists know that hummingbirds can adapt their vocalizations by listening to others. Can they adapt their visual displays by watching others, too? In a study in Proceedings of the Royal...

Mowing smarter may be the best strategy to improve monarch habitat along roadsides. “Monarchs are declining across their range, and particularly in the East,” said Samantha Knight, a program manager...

In the next 100 years, researchers predict the world will be filled with more small birds and mammals that are fast-lived, such as rodents and songbirds. Less adaptable, larger species...

Curlews keen to feather their nests are best served by choosing areas with lots of other curlews — and lots of cow pies. According to new research, long‐billed curlews (Numenius...

Could understanding how birds flock help us understand why they flock? A recent study explores the mechanics of the flock structure of four types of shorebirds and what benefits it...

The North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society will host a plant ID workshop on August 21 in Ellerbe, North Carolina, focusing on plants with known wildlife value. Registration is...

Migratory birds making their traditional refueling stopover in Delaware Bay found scarce food quantities on their annual trip to their summer breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. Annual surveys conducted...

The Wildlife Society joined with partners from the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species to request that leaders of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee secure funding to address invasive species....