Month: February 2021

February 8, 2021

JWM: Endangered beach mice need feline-free darkness

Endangered beach mice on the Gulf Coast do best in dark nights, with no cats in sight. “[The mice] had a higher probability of being present in areas where there...

February 8, 2021

The February 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...

February 5, 2021

JWM: In freezing cold or wind, bear spray still works

For Tom Smith, bears weren’t the real danger — the spray used to deter them was. But despite his own experiences with temporarily burned eyes, some serious coughing, and dealing...

February 5, 2021

Federal court orders release of captive red wolves into the wild

A federal district court has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to resume releasing captive red wolves from a captive breeding population into the wild. In 2015, the USFWS...

February 5, 2021

Watch: Record number of sandhill cranes appear in Arizona

Southern Arizona is seeing what appears to be a record number of migratory sandhill cranes. Observers counted 47,601 of them. About half of those are in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife...

February 4, 2021

Wildlife Vocalizations: Jessica Homyack

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. My definition of success in life and as a biologist is a shapeshifter. ...

February 4, 2021

Endangered snail kites sensitive to Florida water levels

Endangered snail kites depend on a good balance of water levels in the aquatic ecosystem of southern Florida. Too much water or extremely dry conditions might give different predators easy...

February 4, 2021

A quarter of bee species haven’t been seen in decades

About a quarter of bee native bee species haven’t been seen in several decades, according to a recent study published in One Earth. The analysis of bee sightings around the...

February 3, 2021

New order sets goal to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters

Last week, U.S. President Biden called for the conservation of 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030, a goal — commonly referred to as “30 by 30” —...

February 3, 2021

The deafening underwater soundscape of bearded seals

Bearded seals create a deafening underwater soundscape in the Canadian Arctic Ocean — particularly during mating season. Explorations of the types of sounds they make and the volume of those...