The 2021 virtual conference of The Wildlife Society will provide an opportunity for students and young professionals to get better acquainted with the editors of the society’s academic journals. Paul Krausman, editor-in-chief of the Journal …
In 2017, the Scottish government became concerned when a lot of tagged golden eagles were disappearing or dying. People involved in the sport of grouse shooting claimed it wasn’t their doing—it was due to wind …
Vaccines have been getting a lot of attention recently as scientists work to protect people from COVID-19. The use of vaccines for animals in the wild has been rare, but that’s starting to change. Increasingly, …
When Laken Ganoe was the student liaison to Council, she had an idea after returning from the annual TWS conference in Reno, Nevada. She noticed that some students and professionals at the conference were sitting …
Researchers are finding more and more species with a surprising trait—they glow under ultraviolet light. The latest to be discovered is a biofluorescent pocket gopher. J.T. Pynne, a recent Ph.D. graduate of the University of …
In 2014, wildlife managers in Mexico captured a bear in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico’s western mountain range, that didn’t quite seem to belong—it was much darker than the ones usually found there. Black bears …
The Wildlife Society has awarded Bob Lanka with the Special Recognition Award for a “Herculean effort” to update and improve the society’s bylaws for new generations of wildlifers. Lanka, a TWS member and retired biologist …
Being the last surviving species of their genus or family and living in imperiled ecosystem types are important factors for scientists to consider when setting aside land for amphibian conservation across the world, researchers say. …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the first case of SARS-CoV-19 in a ferret in the United States. Wildlife workers tested the ferret in Florida after it showed …
Climate change has likely caused migratory birds’ bodies to get smaller and their wings to get longer over the years, and the timing of their migrations has shifted substantially. Researchers determined this by tapping into …
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