Month: March 2020

Decreasing sea ice cover related to climate change is leading to thinner polar bears and smaller cub litters on Canada’s Baffin Island. “This adds to a growing body of evidence...

Monarch butterfly populations wintering in Mexico have declined 53% since last season, according to recent surveys. Biologists use the acreage of forest they occupy to estimate population changes. The latest...

Researchers are successfully hooking marsh birds with a novel noose carpet technique that uses steel mesh and fishing line to lasso the birds to learn more about their migration. The...

Energy development throughout Wyoming — including wind turbines and natural gas and oil extraction — decreases greater sage-grouse reproduction by removing the sagebrush landscapes they rely on, according to a...

Researchers have long known the dangers that plastic debris in the ocean can pose to sea turtles. They can swallow it. They can get tangled in it. But researchers at...

Due to concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus, The Wildlife Society is advising all organization units to postpone or cancel their conferences, meetings and events until further notice....

Pet cats don’t stray too far from their homes, but in the areas they travel, they can have a greater impact on wildlife than their wild counterparts roaming the jungles...

Jade Arneson, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, recently became the first student at the university to earn the Aldo Leopold Memorial Scholarship. Arneson, a second year...

The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) was once thought to be on its way to extinction. But thanks to conservation efforts, the turtle is making a comeback. At Padre...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird program has released 500 animated maps showing bird occupation and movement across the western hemisphere. The maps merge millions of observations from bird watchers...