Month: June 2021

June 25, 2021

Wildlife Vocalizations: Kelly VanBeek

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. I’ve always joked that I wish I could wear a label as my...

June 25, 2021

Snakes are on the menu for some spiders

All over the world, there are instances of snakes feeding on spiders, researchers found in a recent meta-analysis. In a study published in the Journal of Arachnology, a team of...

June 24, 2021

Conference registration now open!

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 2021 Annual Conference is now open! This year’s conference will be entirely virtual, taking place November 1-5, 2021. In order to make the conference accessible to...

June 24, 2021

Mysterious deadly bird-blinding illness appears in Ohio

A mysterious illness that blinds birds before eventually killing them has now turned up in Ohio after being initially discovered in the Washington, D.C. area. The Ohio Wildlife Center in...

June 24, 2021

TWS renews Strategic Partner relationship with NAUFWP

The Wildlife Society and the National Association of University Fish and Wildlife Programs have reaffirmed their commitment to wildlife education and the next generation of wildlife professionals. A renewed Strategic...

June 24, 2021

Summer Reading – Top Journal Downloads of 2020

For over 80 years, The Wildlife Society has helped develop, contextualize and advance the scientific foundation of wildlife management through publication of peer-reviewed studies in the Journal of Wildlife Management...

June 23, 2021

Winter weather extremes may kill off bird populations

Some bird species may not be able to cope with increasingly extreme winters — whether that means unusually warm periods or polar vortexes. Researchers examined the impacts of extreme cold...

June 23, 2021

Forest conservation may boost bumblebee numbers

Conservation for bumblebees in Illinois is likely lacking in wooded areas where flowers are fewer but critical to their life cycle. Researchers delved into a 22-year-long Illinois Natural History Survey...

June 23, 2021

USDA plans to reinstate protections for in Tongass National Forest

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to repeal or replace the previous administration’s rule that exempts the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from roadless-area restrictions on logging and other development....

June 22, 2021

After pipeline work, Blanding’s turtles released in Michigan

When a new natural gas pipeline was being built north of Detroit in 2020, wildlife workers moved affected reptiles and amphibians and their eggs out of the way — particularly...