Month: June 2020

June 5, 2020

The July issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

June 5, 2020

JWM: Vegetation and snow events impact Dall’s sheep survival

For Dall’s sheep, environmental factors in the alpine regions they occupy play critical roles in their survival. In some regions, like the western Brooks Range in Alaska, major declines in...

June 5, 2020

Bumblebees bite leaves to work around climate change

Bumblebees are taking a bite out of the negative impacts of climate change by prompting plants to pollinate sooner. According to new research published in the journal Science, bumblebees that...

June 4, 2020

Interior lifts hunting restrictions on Alaska preserves

The Department of the Interior announced last week that it would amend regulations regarding hunting and trapping in Alaska’s national preserves by allowing some harvest methods that were prohibited by...

June 4, 2020

Partners in Flight sees past success, future challenges

In the 1980s, biologists Chan Robbins and John Sauer reached a startling conclusion. Studying data from the Breeding Bird Survey — a project Robbins pioneered — they found birds that...

June 4, 2020

TWS annual conference to go virtual

The Wildlife Society’s 2020 Annual Conference is going virtual. As a result of the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, TWS has decided to suspend this year’s in-person event in...

June 3, 2020

A message from The Wildlife Society

The Wildlife Society strives to ensure that all are welcome, heard and respected. Recent events in the United States have highlighted the continued racial injustice and inequity in our society....

June 3, 2020

What animals can catch the new coronavirus?

Which species can catch the novel coronavirus? That’s a question researchers are trying to answer as they try to determine what wildlife, pets and domesticated animals may be susceptible —...

June 3, 2020

Wild Cam: Predators stress mountain goats

Frederic Dulude-de Broin sat on top of a mountain in the Canadian Rockies with a telescope, waiting above the forested valleys for mountain goats on the alpine peaks to take...

June 3, 2020

TWS urges action on conservation legislation

The Wildlife Society recently expressed support for two pieces of legislation that would support wildlife and natural resources, and asked that lawmakers either include both bills in a future stimulus...