Month: October 2019

October 4, 2019

Researchers discover hummingbird hybrid zone

Two closely related species — Allen’s (Selasphorus sasin) and rufous hummingbirds (S. rufus) — are interbreeding in a newly discovered hybrid zone spanning from Northern California to southern Oregon. Around 2013...

October 3, 2019

Experts take stock of West Nile lessons

West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999, and it quickly spread from New York across the continent, into Canada and Mexico and then to Central...

October 3, 2019

Conference highlight: Private lands key to conservation

Each day, wildlife.org will round up some of the highlights from the previous day at the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society 2019 Joint Conference. Scroll down for photos...

October 3, 2019

Lawmakers consider competing ESA proposals

During a hearing by the Water and Wildlife Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee, subcommittee members discussed a new bill (H.R. 4348), introduced last month by Natural Resources Chairman...

October 2, 2019

Scientists discover new 10-foot croc species in museum

A giant new crocodile species has seemingly jumped out of nowhere as researchers took a closer look at museum specimens and living reptiles at a Florida zoo. Now deceased biologist...

October 2, 2019

Conference highlights: ‘The View from my Bucket’

Each day, wildlife.org will round up some of the highlights from the previous day at the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society 2019 Joint Conference. Scroll down for photos...

October 2, 2019

An outflowing of support for LGBTQ+ wildlifers

What began as a middle-of-the-night inspiration became an eye-opening The Wildlife Professional article that inspired an initiative for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the wildlife profession. Travis Booms figured if 40 people...

October 1, 2019

Fish and wildlife leaders: ‘Don’t stop believin’’’

Hundreds of wildlife and fisheries biologists became rock stars for a moment on Monday as Charlton Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, led them in the...

October 1, 2019

Conference highlights: from conflicts to inclusion

Each day, wildlife.org will round up some of the highlights from the previous day at the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society 2019 Joint Conference. Scroll down for photos...

October 1, 2019

Scientific commission formed to set climate goals

Three scientists will co-chair a commission that will help identify risks to global environmental risks and set targets to address them. Dubbed the Earth Commission, the group consists of 19...