Month: August 2020

Male cicadas infected with fungal parasites are manipulated into exhibiting behaviors of females, so they can pass the disease onto other males that attempt to mate with them. Massospora fungus usually...

National parks are not out of the woods when it comes to being overrun by invasive species. In fact, invasives have invaded about half of the parks that were created...

Jim Hays, recently retired as the conservation projects coordinator for The Nature Conservancy in Kansas, has received TWS’ 2020 Distinguished Service Award. “His contributions toward fish and wildlife conservation in...

Yellow-bellied marmots in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains experience higher survival rates during the summer than in the winter as the climate changes. Researchers often use mark-recapture analyses to help them estimate...

Australia’s recent bushfires have burned habitat for native animal species, 21 of which were already listed as threatened with extinction. Scientists used government data from satellites along with on-the-ground data...

Most Michigan residents have tried game meat, a recent survey found, and those who haven’t often said it was because they never got the chance. Since game meat can’t be...

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...

A recently introduced bill would prohibit the use of lead ammunition on National Wildlife Refuges. Last month, Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) introduced the “Lead Endangers Animals Daily Act (LEAD)” (H.R. 7547),...

Polar bears may become nearly extinct by the end of the century as a result of global warming causing sea ice to shrink in the Arctic. Researchers found that if...

The House has passed a package of Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills that would provide stable funding for the departments of the Interior and Agriculture for the 2021 Fiscal Year...