Month: April 2021

The Wildlife Society joined two professional forestry societies in expressing their support for the U.S. administration’s efforts to conserve 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030. Known commonly...

As efforts to restore landscapes through rewilding pick up around the world, researchers say it takes more than just reintroducing a species. The success of these efforts may ultimately rely...

Looking at fossil records, researchers determined the structure of an ecosystem matters more in the face of environmental change than the composition of species in it. Understanding this, they found,...

White-tailed deer that disperse to new areas have similar rates of mortality as those that stay put, researchers found. That wasn’t what they expected to discover. They figured dispersal would...

After surveying managers and conservationists, a researcher who has documented bison shrinking due to climate change is proposing a network for bison stakeholders to share their knowledge. “What we propose...

A 15-year-old student recently launched a mobile app game to get children more interested in birding without even having to go outside. Adam Dhalla, the recipient of the 2018 American...

President Biden is requesting an 8.8% increase in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget, which would go toward increases in discretionary funding across the board, including new funding for climate change...

The Wildlife Society is accepting nominations for awards through May 1, 2021. The Awards Program annually honors professional excellence, recognizes outstanding achievement, and highlights contributions to wildlife science and management....

The bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act was reintroduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich and Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb. They were joined by eight of...

Landfills may bolster wild pig numbers by providing a supplemental food source, increasing their size and boosting reproduction. The giant trash heaps might also serve as vectors for the transmission...