Month: September 2021

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies members have elected Nevada Department of Wildlife Director Tony Wasley as the organization’s new president. The announcement came during AFWA’s 111th Annual Meeting in...

The U.S. Department of Interior is formally revisiting greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) management plans this fall. Within the next 60 days, the Bureau of Land Management will file a public...

In a surprising twist, a hiker has discovered evidence of a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) goring a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) to death in Yoho National Park in British...

In 2019, researchers had been looking at the abundance of native and non-native ant species in Florida. Examining a museum dataset spanning 60 years of collections, they found that non-native...

LED lights’ energy saving properties are making them increasingly common, but they may repel some insects at higher rates than older, halogen-style streetlamps. “We don’t really understand the cause of...

The Wildlife Society’s 28th Annual Conference is coming up Nov. 1-5. The virtual conference will feature lots of live content for wildlifers to learn and network. Here are just a...

An outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease is threatening wildlife in Wyoming. Wyoming Game and Fish Department biologists say the disease is not uncommon in times of drought and hot weather,...

Fladry is often used to keep wolves out of ranchlands. But researchers recently found this technique—stringing bright flags between fence posts—can be modified to keep coyotes out of sensitive wildlife...

The Dallas Safari Club Foundation has continued to support The Wildlife Society’s Leadership Institute through a $5,000 grant for the class of 2020. For several years, the Dallas Safari Club...

Traditional models predict Arctic sea ice levels well over a few weeks, but long-range forecasting is a challenge. But researchers say a new tool using artificial intelligence may be far...