Month: March 2022

March 17, 2022

Wild Cam: Tracking habitat preferences of imperiled Ecuadorian primates

In the coastal rainforest of Ecuador, Jacquelyn Tleimat sometimes felt like her tree climbing skills were being judged. She and her colleagues hiked for miles, hacking vegetation away with machetes...

March 17, 2022

Envisioning the future of conservation

What does the future of conservation look like? What have we learned? What do we need to do to be successful? What are we getting wrong? These are questions that...

March 17, 2022

Watch: For some lizards, escape is a matter of detachment

For some lizards, getting out of harm’s way is as easy as detaching their tails. But that comes at a cost. Tails do come in handy, after all. How do...

March 16, 2022

USFWS director voices support for RAWA

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams expressed support for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act on Tuesday, saying it would help address “unprecedented challenges” facing wildlife and ecosystems. “From...

March 16, 2022

Maps highlight species at risk

Researchers have created a set of maps to document where biodiversity in the United States is most at risk. The effort is part of a partnership between the nonprofit conservation...

March 16, 2022

Brainier birds deal better with climate change

When researchers in Chicago studied museum specimens of birds that died from window strikes, they discovered a trend. Since the 1970s, a warming climate was causing many species of birds...

March 15, 2022

The April issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

March 15, 2022

Report to assess black-footed ferret recovery

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums is preparing to issue a final report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assessing the black-footed ferret recovery and reintroduction program. Following a...

March 15, 2022

Solar facility raises concerns on Texas prairie

A solar power facility is slated for Texas’s largest remaining section of tall-grass prairie, raising concerns about its effects on the landscape and the wildlife that occupies it. Near the...

March 14, 2022

USFWS can continue barred owl removal, court rules

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can continue lethally removing non-native barred owls from threatened spotted owl ranges. Spotted owls (Strix occidentalis), a...