Month: August 2020

A new report highlights the work done to improve big game winter range and migration corridors throughout the American West under an Interior Department program. Under Secretarial Order 3362, the...

Elizabeth Flaherty, advisor for the Purdue University Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society, received the 2020 Student Chapter Advisor of the Year Award. “Dr. Flaherty exhibits a clear passion for...

Grand Teton National Park is accepting applications for volunteers to participate in a cull of nonnative mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) within the park this fall. Chosen volunteers will conduct several...

By reviewing past extinction patterns, researchers suggest that herbivores may be at the highest risk of extinction. The team studied more than 44,000 living and extinct species, specifically looking at...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to reduce the critical habitat designated for the northern spotted owl in Oregon. The agency proposed removing about 2%, or 205,000 acres,...

Honeybees get most of the attention, but wild bees also play an important role in pollinating some crops. A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B...

Some native honeycreeper species may be able to survive avian malaria in Hawaii — but this resistance may mean they are allowing the disease to persist and pass on to...

Fencing entire roads to reduce vehicle-wildlife collisions isn’t always practical or cost effective, and it may not be best for wildlife, either. So researchers recently came up with a way...

The Stephen F. Austin State University Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society received the 2020 Student Chapter of the Year Award. Its 61 members “collectively displayed a strong commitment to...

Veterinarians have confirmed the first two cases of mink infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the United States in a pair of farmed animals in Utah. In an Aug. 17 press release,...