Month: October 2020

October 19, 2020

Russian named Wildlife Photographer of the Year

It took him over 11 months to capture the image using motion sensor cameras, but his photo of an endangered Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) earned  Russian photographer Sergey Gorshkov...

October 16, 2020

Watch: Conservationist release 26 scarlet macaws into wild

Conservationists with the Wildlife Conservation Society have released 26 scarlet macaws into the wild in Guatemala to bolster the country’s small population of the birds. Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) are...

October 16, 2020

Wildlife Vocalizations: Emily Chavez

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. It is going to be uncomfortable to step into the void, to set...

October 16, 2020

TWS2020: How does fragmentation affect flying squirrels?

With their habitat broken up by farms and other land uses, southern flying squirrels have smaller densities in the Midwest, researchers found. “They are isolated by a highly fragmented system,”...

October 15, 2020

The September issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin

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

October 15, 2020

Massive wildfires displacing massive numbers of animals

Firefighters battling the Glass Fire in California say they are seeing large numbers of displaced wildlife around evacuation zones intended for humans. “Turkeys, ring-tailed cats, foxes, coyotes, deer, mountain lions...

October 15, 2020

The Wildlife Society comments on Interior’s invasive plan

The Wildlife Society submitted comments on a draft strategic plan released in August by the Department of the Interior, calling it a good foundation but asking for better coordination. The...

October 14, 2020

TWS2020: Tracking pangolins to improve conservation

Researchers are honing wildlife tracking methods to detect pangolins, the world’s most trafficked animals, in an effort to better inform their conservation in Central and West Africa. “There are many...

October 14, 2020

The Wildlife Society comments on critical habitat rule

The Wildlife Society expressed concerns that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent proposal to update its process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations for threatened and endangered species under...

October 14, 2020

California cougar fails to adopt orphaned kittens

A pair of orphaned cougar kittens are in a sanctuary after biologists were unable to get a female cougar (Puma concolor) to foster them. California Department of Fish and Wildlife...