Month: September 2022

September 23, 2022

Wild Cam: Policing Persian power line safety with the help of kestrels

The best way to keep magpies from building unwieldy and dangerous nests on power lines in Iran may be to encourage kestrels to move in. “We can use one species...

September 23, 2022

Conserving the best lands for longleaf pine

Not all land is equal when it comes to the best acquisitions to maintain and connect longleaf pine ecosystems in North Carolina. The specialized ecosystem in the Southeast has been...

September 22, 2022

Travel grant recipients prepare for exciting conference

Fourteen students and early career professionals have received travel grants to attend the upcoming annual TWS conference in Spokane, Washington, many of whom have never attended a TWS conference in...

September 22, 2022

Wild Cam: Do parakeets cause significant damage to corn?

For years, corn farmers in Mexico have tried to fight the perceived damage to their corn by leaving out poison for birds and other animals, or by shooting them. Dozens...

September 21, 2022

Calling for urban amphibian habitat connectivity

City planners may help improve and maintain amphibian diversity by keeping the sometimes sparse urban wetland areas connected. New research tracking the diversity of frogs and salamanders in downtown Calgary,...

September 21, 2022

USFWS declares victory over Nutria in Maryland

For over 20 years, wildlife managers have worked to remove nutria from the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland. Now, officials say they have succeeded in removing the invasive rodent from...

September 20, 2022

Going to the Annual Conference? Don’t forget to vote

If you’re going to the Annual Conference in Spokane, Washington, you may want to celebrate National Voter Registration Day first. The Wildlife Society is returning to an in-person conference this...

September 20, 2022

Climate change is disrupting bumblebee communities

A warming climate is contributing to the decline of some alpine bumblebees and moving some subalpine populations to higher elevations. Historically in the Rocky Mountains, two species of bumblebees stayed...

September 20, 2022

Manatees have crossed over to the Pacific

The Panama Canal’s mosquito problem goes way back. In the early 20th century, workers digging the massive trench across Panama died in the tens of thousands from yellow fever and...

September 19, 2022

Q&A: Can hunters help monitor scavengers?

A video of bobcats and coyotes tearing into a bloody, rotting carcass isn’t usually inspirational. But when researchers Katharine Stone and Michael McTee were looking to learn more about the...