Author: Dana Kobilinsky

June 17, 2019

What can an Ice Age wolf head reveal about wolves today?

What can a severed wolf head from the Pleistocene tell us about wolves today? A local man in Siberia reportedly discovered the head last summer and pulled it from the...

June 17, 2019

TWS Chapter meetings in July

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled during the month of July: July 10-11, 2019: Alabama...

June 17, 2019

A Reunion on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front

A quarter-century after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) as a threatened species in the Lower 48 states, bears began frequenting the Rocky Mountain...

June 14, 2019

Wild Cam: Thermal cameras spot roosting birds in the dark

Thermal cameras are helping researchers focus on bird populations while the lights are out. Birds at roost aren’t always easy to survey due to the darkness and the fact they...

June 14, 2019

Watch: Carnivorous Canadian plant eats baby salamanders

Biologists have discovered a salamander-eating plant in a Canadian provincial park. Researchers monitoring carnivorous northern pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea purpurea L.) in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario found baby salamanders...

June 13, 2019

Cooler temperatures make for better frog swimmers

When frogs are reared in cooler temperatures, their nervous system develops in a way that makes them better equipped to escape predators, researchers found. Researchers at the University of California,...

June 13, 2019

How to book your conference hotel room

The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society 2019 Joint Annual Conference is fast-approaching. If you plan to attend, there’s no time to waste in booking your hotel room! Our discounted...

June 13, 2019

Georgia sea turtles on pace for record year

Early nesting data suggests loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) on the Georgia coast could have a record year. Researchers have counted 1,779 sea turtle nests so far, less than midway...

June 13, 2019

Wallace sails though Senate hearings on nomination

Robert Wallace, the nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior, appeared before two Senate committees last week, both of which showed support....

June 12, 2019

Learn about eDNA with the Western Section

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will host ‘Environmental DNA: A Practical Workshop’ July 29 to 31 at the Dangermond Preserve in Santa Barbara County, California. At the three-day...