Month: April 2021

A new disease is causing strange behavior in young black bears in California and Nevada. Videos and other reports have appeared around Lake Tahoe and in California documenting young bears...

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. On May 1 in Rhode Island, it was still chilly and overcast — the...

A fish caught up in a latex glove. A fox entangled in a face mask. A penguin with one in its stomach. From Brazil to Malaysia, researchers have cataloged incidents...

There are just two weeks remaining to submit session proposals for The Wildlife Society’s 28th Annual Conference! Submit your symposia, workshop or panel discussion by April 19. Proposals related to all...

The ballot for The Wildlife Society’s 2021 elections includes candidates for the position of Southwest Section representative. See previous articles on candidates for TWS vice president and Canadian Section representative....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to reclassify the ae’o, or the Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanusknudseni), from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Hawaiian stilt,...

What does a red fox eat? What about a dhole? A hyena? A stoat? PhD students at the University of Sussex in the UK have assembled research into the diets...

The three-year old buck known as N17003 started its trip like many other white-tailed deer in the beginning of November, 2017. Researchers from the University of Missouri and Missouri Department...

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering legislation that would support international amphibian conservation efforts. The bill — the “Global Amphibian Protection Act” — would authorize $5 million annually to...

Flames and snakes don’t just go well together on motorcycle decals and heavy metal album covers. According to new research, prescribed fires every few years in longleaf pine forests in...