Month: June 2020

Efforts to contain COVID-19 have curtailed efforts to protect endangered species around the world. In Brazil, biologists working to recover golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia) had to call off an...

Rather than rely on the safety of tree-lined streets for food, leaf-eating insects seem to prefer urban forests, even if they have to tolerate more predators in them. In the...

Over the past decade, wildlifers and the public have become increasingly aware of the damage that invasive feral swine (Sus scrofa) can cause to agriculture, property, native species and ecosystems....

In a draft Environmental Impact Statement on its proposed rule to limit the enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by excluding incidental take of bird species protected by the...

A new draft transportation bill will include provisions related to wildlife-vehicle collisions and fund roads on National Wildlife Refuges and other federal lands. Last month, the Wildlife Society joined nearly...

Hundreds of genetic samples have revealed multiple distinct populations of western rattlesnakes in the northern part of their range in British Columbia. “Western Rattlesnakes are currently managed as a single...

Tests have confirmed the presence of the fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats for the first time in Montana. The presence Pseudogymnoascus destructans, or Pd, was confirmed...

The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society has presented its 2020 awards in association with the Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. The awards were announced online. NEAFWA and...

A newly discovered Trichinella parasite that can persist in freezing temperatures has been detected in wolverines in Canada and could harm First Nations people, researchers fear. If the wolverines spread...

Testing for dangerous bacteria called endotoxins in vaccines and other medicines has long relied on a component in horseshoe crab blood. That includes the search for a vaccine for COVID-19....