Month: April 2022

Researchers have discovered an unusual gathering of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) near Guadalupe Island, off Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Studying the movements of tagged sharks, researchers found they formed tight...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an emergency endangered listing for Dixie Valley toad on April 7 due to the extinction risk posed by a geothermal project. The Dixie...

Wood turtles have likely lost more than half of their suitable habitat over the last century and a half. Habitat changes from urbanization and agriculture have caused researchers to become...

Two black bear (Ursus americanus) cubs orphaned last July when their sow was shot and killed in Colorado in a suspected case of poaching were released back into the wild....

The ballot for The Wildlife Society’s 2022 elections includes nominees for the position of Western representative. See a previous article on candidates for TWS vice president, North Central representatives and...

Decades of fire suppression may be the reason that mountain lion predation is taking a bite out of bighorn sheep numbers in parts of Arizona. Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) evolved...

The Boone and Crockett Club recently presented the Mule Deer Foundation with a Conservation Stewardship Award, recognizing the foundation’s work in natural resource conservation and stewardship. The award is presented...

The U.S. Department of the Interior outlined a strategic plan for the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management to take on...

The Boone and Crockett Club recently recognized Steve Williams, president of the Wildlife Management Institute and longtime TWS member, for his role in helping to found and provide direction as...

Managers are increasingly turning to prescribed fire to address unhealthy forest conditions in California. But as researchers recently explored in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they are...