Month: March 2022

The International Union for Conservation of Nature downlisted red kites, a raptor species found widely across Europe, to least concern in 2020, after researchers found that the bird numbers were...

Arctic sea ice fell to its 10th lowest on record last winter, according to NASA’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. The sea ice peaked at 5.75 million square miles...

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. I think the biggest lesson life has taught me is to be kind....

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep may not always follow the herd. Sometimes, they may make decisions about migration based on their perception, researchers believe. The federally endangered sheep subspecies usually spend...

The reintroduction of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) was already astonishing. The species was considered extinct before a dog famously found one in the wild. Now, another groundbreaking ferret is bringing...

The Wildlife Society invites you to present at our 2022 Annual Conference! The Call for Abstracts is open now through April 29, and includes contributed oral presentations, contributed poster presentations and Student...

Bobcats are the main predators of Pacific martens in northern California, according to research on the causes of death for the small weasels. Like spotted owls (Strix occidentalis), Pacific martens...

The human tragedy unfolding in Ukraine may mean an end to a unique wildlife study—one born of another human tragedy. With the 1986 meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. The next 10 years are going to be crucial when it comes to...

Occasional, loud bursts of noise are disrupting threatened songbird species in the Canadian prairies. Oil pumpjacks are found all over southeastern Alberta prairie lands, which is also home to many...