Month: September 2022

September 30, 2022

TWS CEO appointed to Federal Advisory Council

The Wildlife Society’s CEO, Ed Arnett, has been appointed an alternate member of the federal Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council (HWCC). United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and...

September 30, 2022

Wyoming wildlife photos

Wildlifers often get a view of the natural world few others do. If they have a camera in hand, they come away with some amazing glimpses of wildlife in their...

September 29, 2022

USFWS issues new lead ammunition rules on wildlife refuges

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced 2022-2023 hunting and sport fishing regulations in early September, including new wildlife refuge-specific restrictions on lead ammunition and tackle, and the authorization of...

September 29, 2022

Bringing back the northern white rhino

Scientists have made a step toward bringing the northern white rhino back from near extinction in the wild by producing new embryos in a lab. Since 2019, the BioRescue consortium,...

September 28, 2022

Rare Florida sparrow makes a comeback

A rare bird in Florida is staging a remarkable comeback thanks to a reintroduction effort intended to boost its numbers in the wild. Only about 80 Florida grasshopper sparrows remained...

September 28, 2022

With open access, WSB follows its original vision

When TWS’ journal the Wildlife Society Bulletin first prepared to make the move to an open-access publication, Editor-in-Chief Brett Collier admits he felt a bit uneasy. “Having been engaged with...

September 27, 2022

Watch: A trash bin ‘arms race’ takes on clever cockatoos

In towns frequented by bears, it’s not unusual to see trash cans designed so hungry bears can’t get in. Some people strap down their garbage to keep out scavenging raccoons...

September 27, 2022

Wildlife Vocalizations: Meredith Dennis

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. My path to wildlife biology has been a meandering one; but it all...

September 26, 2022

DNA confirms wolf, not coyote, killed in New York hunt

An animal killed in a New York coyote hunt last year was not a coyote but a wolf, a recent DNA analysis found. The finding contradicts an initial conclusion that...

September 26, 2022

TWS recognizes authors of stellar wildlife publications

A book on invasive birds, a biography of one of the fathers of wildlife conservation in Canada, and a monograph on the collapse of sea otter numbers in southwest Alaska...