Month: November 2021

Surveying and monitoring endangered lizards can be difficult. The species tend to be cryptic. Permits are hard to come by. And biologists often try to avoid disturbing the lizards while...

Conversations that researchers have had with indigenous hunters in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, have revealed information about where seal species are showing up and how climate change may impact them. By including...

Thursday brings a full day of activities at the TWS 2021 Annual Conference. Fill out your itinerary from a wide range of symposia, presentations, poster sessions, panels, working group meetings...

Aquatic bird carcasses have been discovered around solar power facilities for years, even when these developments are miles from water bodies. Researchers have previously hypothesized a “lake effect” where these...

Around Jackson Hole, Wyoming, people are changing the ways wolves prey on elk, sometimes acting as a shield for the prey against their predators. Ungulates, like elk, in the area...

The third day of The Wildlife Society’s 2021 Virtual Conference brings a lineup of symposia and other events for participants to expand their knowledge and their networks. Symposia Ecology and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to rescind rules made during the final days of the Trump administration regarding the process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations for...

The second day of The Wildlife Society’s 2021 Virtual Conference brings lots of events to explore, from the opening plenary to a lineup of symposia, panels, presentations, working group meetings...

For a relatively common species, researchers don’t know much about the natural history of western spotted skunks in the Pacific Northwest. What landscapes do they prefer? What prey species do...

Coyotes have woven their way into the ecological fabric of urban life in many North American cities, but they can also cause conflicts with people. “Their intelligence and adaptability makes...