Month: November 2022

November 15, 2022

Apply now for 2023 Native American Research Assistantship

The USDA Forest Service (USFS) and, starting this year, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), through partnership with The Wildlife Society, are offering research assistantships for Native undergraduate or graduate students...

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November 15, 2022

Wild Cam: How do city coyotes choose dens?

It was a relatively warm day in the middle of an Edmonton winter when a coyote sprang out of its den as Sage Raymond approached. A master’s student in ecology...

November 11, 2022

Watch: Interior Secretary Haaland addresses TWS conference

Attendees of the TWS Annual Conference in Spokane, Washington, were honored to receive a video address by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Haaland, the first Native American cabinet member, spoke of...

November 11, 2022

TWS wraps up another successful Annual Conference

The Wildlife Society concluded its Annual Conference on Thursday—its first in-person conference in three years. Some 2,000 wildlifers from across the country and around the world turned out for the...

November 11, 2022

Amid war, bat rescue continues in Ukraine

As Russian forces advanced this summer on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, the façade of an eight-story apartment building in the Saltivka district suffered heavy damages from shelling, as did many...

November 10, 2022

Gray whales and their calves have declined

A high number of gray whale strandings in recent years, likely related to climate change and malnutrition, has resulted in declines in this population of marine mammals and fewer calves...

November 10, 2022

New rule restricts outdoor lighting in Hawaii to help birds

New legislation in Hawaii will restrict the amount of outdoor lighting residents can use in Maui in an attempt to lower the amount of bird strikes against buildings. While the...

November 9, 2022

TWS2022: A salve for conservation wounds

The best way to heal the wounds of ecological degradation is through storytelling and political involvement, 2021 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award recipient Mike Phillips told wildlifers in his keynote speech...

November 9, 2022

Hundreds of animals die in Kenya’s severe drought

Kenya’s worst drought in decades is taking its toll on the country’s famous wildlife. A recent report found that hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grévy’s zebras have died...

November 8, 2022

TWS2022: TWS continues to ‘invest in wildlife professionals’

At the first in-person conference in three years, The Wildlife Society leadership reflected on the changes that have taken place since the Society had last met together—a period that brought...