Month: April 2020

Researchers have discovered a new shell-eating disease, caused by a common alga, that affects mud turtles throughout their range.  There’s high prevalence of the disease, particularly in certain arid parts...

Bison have made an incredible comeback in Yellowstone National Park, from only 22 in 1901 to more than 4,000 today. But in the Lamar Valley, in the park’s northeastern corner,...

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza among commercial turkeys in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. While no...

Forest destruction may put disease-carrying primates in more frequent contact with humans, according to new research. The study in Landscape Ecology shows that loss of healthy habitat may result in...

Following the devastating bush fires in Australia, Wiley has released a Wildfire Restoration Special Collection, bringing together articles from scientific journals to inform how efforts can be made to rebuild...

Detecting wildlife deaths at wind turbines isn’t an easy job. Researcher Shawn Smallwood had been at it for 20 years, and he felt humans missed so many carcasses, detection dogs...

A manatee that wildlife managers freed from stranding using a bulldozer last fall in Georgia has returned to Savannah after a 30-day migration northward from Miami. The 10-foot West Indian...

The deadline to submit your abstracts to present your research at this year’s TWS Annual Conference is this Friday, April 17, 2020. This year’s call features a new list of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that it will not list the bi-state population of greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a distinct population of the species found...

The ballot for The Wildlife Society’s 2020 elections includes nominees for the position of Northeast Section representative. Click here to review a previous article on the nominees for TWS vice...