Month: February 2021

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. I would like to see us critically think about the lessons we take...

It’s no surprise to many wildlife managers that invasive species might affect the stability of an ecosystem. For example, invasive species could potentially edge out native ones. An easy response...

Thousands of sea turtles recently washed up along the Texas coastline after a winter storm caused temperatures to plummet. Unusually cold temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico caused turtles’ heartrates...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has opened a last-minute hunting and trapping season for gray wolves. The season will run from Feb. 22 to 28, 2021. During that week,...

From Burmese pythons in Florida to cheatgrass in the intermountain West, invasive species cause harm to ecosystems, the economy, human health and more. From Feb. 22-26, the North American Invasive...

Members of the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species have provided recommendations to the Biden-Harris Administration and the 117th Congress on mechanisms to tackle invasive species prevention and management. The...

Wolves are often known for hunting in packs to track down prey species like deer, elk or bison. But in some areas during the summer, wolves will also go out...

The shrubsteppe of central Washington’s Columbia Basin is a land of rich biodiversity. Here, at the northern extent of the great “Sagebrush Sea” that once sprawled across much of the...

Two-thirds of captive-bred black-footed ferrets have been vaccinated for the novel coronavirus, and not a single one of the endangered mustelids is known so far to have contracted the disease....

The Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s annual meeting will be in a virtual format, this year, focusing on human-wildlife conflict management. “The Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society strives...