Month: May 2022

May 6, 2022

The May/June issue of The Wildlife Professional

The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely research news and analysis of trends in the wildlife profession....

May 5, 2022

Can boxes help fight white-nose syndrome?

Conservationists coping with the spread of the deadly white-nose syndrome are finding innovative solutions by thinking inside the box. Wooden bat boxes work as artificial roosts for bats in areas...

May 5, 2022

TWS2021: Tracking hybrid elephants in Uganda

There aren’t many good places in the world to catch a machete to the leg, but hours of hiking into the midst of a Ugandan national park with “impenetrable” as...

May 5, 2022

Tribe’s dataset aids in estimating fishers

Fishers are not the easiest mammals to keep tabs on. But in Northern California, the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s wildlife division has been capturing and studying them since 2005, creating one...

May 4, 2022

JWM: Uncovering habitat preferences for an endangered warbler

For more than a century, naturalists have known that golden-cheeked warblers (Setophaga chrysoparia) breed in Ashe juniper woodlands in central Texas—wildlife biologists have used this knowledge to model the species’...

May 4, 2022

International endangered species conference approaching

The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species is holding its conference in Panama City, Panama in November to discuss the state of international wildlife issues and propose potential...

May 4, 2022

For dolphins, popularity pays off

The reproductive success of male dolphins is not determined by strength or age, but by social bonds with other males. The better integrated males are in their social network, researchers...

May 3, 2022

Forest degradation in Canada causes bird decline

In the Acadian Forest in eastern Canada’s maritime provinces, birds are declining due to logging old, diverse forests and replacing them with single-species plantations. Matthew Betts, a professor in the...

May 3, 2022

State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement enrollment open

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently accepting proposals from conservation partners for the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement initiative, a program focused on effectively restoring and managing wildlife habitat...

May 3, 2022

Team one step closer to artificial rhino eggs

To prevent the extinction of the northern white rhino, the international consortium BioRescue is attempting to create artificial egg cells from stem cells. In a recent study in Scientific Reports,...