Month: January 2020

These updates originally appear in the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2019 newsletter. Photos highlighting the student chapter’s activities are also included in the section’s newsletter. Ball...

Authorities in China have imposed a temporary ban on the trade of wild animals and quarantined wildlife breeding centers after tracing the deadly coronavirus outbreak to a wildlife market in...

Polar bears and grizzlies in the Arctic are scaring snow geese from their nests to consume their eggs, leaving a clear path for gulls and ravens to prey on their...

Many wildlife professionals spend their entire careers worrying about species diversity, but what about human diversity in the wildlife profession? “[Group from different backgrounds and experiences] think differently in terms...

To find the last remaining Puaiohi thrushes (Myadestes palmeri) on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, researchers placed small recorders at the base of the cliff to listen for their distinctive...

The deadline to submit applications for 2020 Native American Research Assistantships has been extended to February 7, 2020. To apply, please download an application form. Research projects currently slated to be...

A pair of new studies illuminate one of the ways that a fungal disease may be killing snakes as well as what methods may not work for protecting infected serpents....

These updates originally appear in the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2019 newsletter. Photos highlighting the student chapter’s activities are also included in the section’s newsletter. Northland...

New research shows that invasive brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) behavior makes it harder for researchers to detect them in Guam. The snakes have caused ecological problems in the Pacific...

Congressional Western Caucus members have filed several bills to amend the Endangered Species Act. The legislative package, announced last week, includes more than a dozen bills intended to “to modernize...