Month: June 2020

As wildlife managers work to translocate prairie dogs, they don’t always have the right tools to track how successful their efforts are. Researchers in Colorado recently examined the success of...

The Wildlife Society is announcing the recipients of this year’s awards. Unfortunately, the recipients won’t have their on-stage moment at our virtual annual conference this year, but we don’t want...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill increasing penalties against illegal black bear (Ursus americanus) hunting. The new rules go into effect July 1, increasing the minimum fine from...

Tree plantations could provide suitable temporary habitat for koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in southwestern Australia, since the animals move around plantation-dominated landscape the same way as they would in other spaces....

The Senate approved the Great American Outdoors Act last week, which would fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide money for federal maintenance of recreational infrastructure such as roads, trails, campsites and...

Researchers recently found a probiotic found in nature can help boreal toads fight the deadly chytrid fungus and are now testing it in the wild. “The use of microbes to...

A sophisticated new robot uses a series of strings to keep up with the free-flying aerial maneuvers of moths, capturing a unique perspective on video. According to new research published...

When The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society gathered together for their first joint conference last year, the organizers of one symposium saw it as a chance to break down...

Researchers are delving into the genomes of Pacific pocket mice to help inform conservationists about the best ways to recover the federally endangered species, which has only three populations left...

From a bird’s eye view, a small pond in a mowed field may appear to be the perfect place to settle down and build a nest. The trouble for pintail...