Month: April 2020

Douglas Smith and his colleagues had been working on a two-decade-long project tracking gray wolf activity in Yellowstone when he began to notice something strange that seemed counterintuitive to knowledge...

Amidst concern about the current coronavirus pandemic, which was likely linked to live wildlife markets, more than 240 organizations from around the world joined together last week, urging the World...

Barbados bullfinches (Loxigilla barbadensis) steal sugar packets off café tables. Carrion crows (Corvus corone) use cars to crack nuts or seashells. Green herons (Butorides virescens) use bread or insects as...

Rhinoceros poaching has increased in Africa as the novel coronavirus caused countries to announce national lockdowns that put a stop to big game tourism. The tourism industry motivates and funds...

The coronavirus that spreads COVID-19 in humans can also infect cats and ferrets, according to laboratory tests. New research in China found that cats can spread the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to...

As congressional appropriators continue to develop their Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills, The Wildlife Society recommends spending levels for several U.S. Department of Agriculture programs affecting wildlife management and conservation....

The ballot for The Wildlife Society’s 2020 elections includes candidates for the position of Central Mountains and Plains Section representative. See previous articles on candidates for TWS vice president and...

Underwater videos can help researchers find hellbenders without damaging or permanently scaring them away the rocks where they nest.   Eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) are elusive and hard to detect, though...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending that wildlife biologists suspend fieldwork that involves capturing or handling bats because they’re concerned about the novel coronavirus passing from researchers to...

Although the Sumatran tiger is critically endangered, its presence in the mountains of southern Sumatra is strong enough to shape the behavior of other predators that share the landscape with...