Month: June 2021

Woodland mountain caribou in western Alberta change their yearly migration behavior during the winter months in an attempt to cope with increasing habitat loss to energy development. But while the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not adequately support its decision not to list the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) under the Endangered Species Act, a federal court ruled...

After being released from a private zoo in 1970, common wall lizards are surging on Vancouver Island. “This is a lizard that shouldn’t be here,” Gavin Hanke, curator of vertebrate...

After just over a decade of being rat free, islands in the Indian Ocean are already showing signs of more seabirds and more nutrients that come from them. Several years...

Below is a summary of recent chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the section’s Spring 2021 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates...

A new coalition of outdoor recreation companies is working to raise awareness of equity and inclusion issues in outdoor experiences. The Together Outdoors coalition, a partnership of the Outdoor Recreation...

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. My name is Gael Sanchez, and I am a bisexual Hispanic woman and...

Raptors in the U.S. have a high prevalence of a parasite found widely in cats that can also cause disease in infected humans. According to new research, carnivorous birds might...

From overpasses for mule deer and pronghorn near Pinedale, Wyoming, to underpasses for alligators in Florida, wildlife crossings are showing success across the United States in reducing wildlife collisions with...

The secret to the perfect forest types for eastern whip-poor-wills is having a good mix. The small, well-camouflaged birds prefer forests that have a mixture of open spaces and closed...