Month: November 2022

The Wildlife Society kicked off its 2022 Annual Conference in Spokane on Monday with a focus on dam removal to restore healthy, salmon-fueled ecosystems throughout the Upper Columbia River Basin....

Deer may take advantage of burned forests in the summer, but they avoid burned areas with deep snow in the winter to reduce risk from the cougars that prey on...

As the climate warms, North American birds are becoming smaller. In a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles found that over...

As we approach our first in-person Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society after three years apart, this is a great opportunity to reemphasize our collective responsibility and commitment as wildlife...

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....

For the first time, this year’s TWS Annual Conference will provide conference goers with ombuds services to help provide a safe, welcome and inclusive conference for attendees. Jen G. Sims...

A butterfly nonprofit is paying to ship 12 monarch butterflies from Wisconsin to Texas, where they hope the insects will migrate to Mexico. Friends of Butterfly Gardens Inc. is funding...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized plans to list the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The final rule cited the substantial risk...

What’s making the latest strain of bird flu so deadly? Avian influenza used to mostly affect poultry, and while it continues to decimate poultry populations around the world, the latest...

Have urban birds lost their ability to rough it due to the comforts of city living? Researchers wanted to learn more about urban bird behavior, but they needed help. “How...