Month: July 2019

The Phylo trading card game has become popular since its launch in 2010, but researchers found it can it also be an effective teaching tool. The game works like Pokémon,...

Poaching is the most immediate threat to African elephants, yet its effects on their behavior have been challenging to study. In the July 2019 Issue of the Journal of Wildlife...

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled in August: August 22-24, 2019: Central Mountains and Plains...

Researchers from Michigan State University and Sun Yat-Sen University in China have developed a novel approach to eliminating a mosquito that spreads viruses including dengue fever and Zika. The team...

The remaining boreal chorus frogs in the province of Quebec may require government protection to give them a chance at surviving, according to new research. “We have a big issue...

Researchers keen on mapping golden eagle habitat beyond just nesting preferences have taken a bird’s-eye view to the landscape the raptors use when not attending to eggs or chicks. “We...

Southeastern pocket gophers (Geomys pinetis) typically live in sandy soils with early successional plants they feed on in longleaf pine ecosystems in the Southeastern coastal plains. The make their homes...

Wildlife managers are scrambling around in the bushes in an effort to help a struggling Florida lizard regain some of its lost territory. Kevin Enge, an associate research scientist with...

A study by the Audubon Society found 42% of grassland birds are highly vulnerable to climate change. For many species, the areas they currently occupy will likely change dramatically, the...

A years-long court battle between the administration and a private property owner over exactly what constitutes “habitat” for an endangered frog ended recently in a consent decree, leaving the larger...