Author: Dana Kobilinsky

June 7, 2019

Plant ID workshop in North Carolina

The North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society will host a plant ID workshop on August 21 in Ellerbe, North Carolina, focusing on plants with known wildlife value. Registration is...

June 6, 2019

Migrating birds missing critical food source in Delaware Bay

Migratory birds making their traditional refueling stopover in Delaware Bay found scarce food quantities on their annual trip to their summer breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. Annual surveys conducted...

June 6, 2019

The Wildlife Society pushes for invasives work funding

The Wildlife Society joined with partners from the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species to request that leaders of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee secure funding to address invasive species....

June 5, 2019

Can good enough be better than great?

Can high-quality habitat be too much of a good thing? It might seem like having lots of resources for feeding and breeding would be an all-around benefit for wildlife, but...

June 5, 2019

100 sea turtles stranded in Texas

About 100 young green sea turtles have been stranded on the Texas coast due to high tides and flooding that followed May storms. The turtles “just couldn’t beat the waves,”...

June 5, 2019

Bronx River turtles persist, despite pollution

Hundreds of years ago, the Bronx River was rife with aquatic reptiles like common snapping turtles, musk turtles and painted turtles. But only a few species have managed to survive...

June 5, 2019

For some songbirds, migration ends in a shark’s mouth

When Marcus Drymon was conducting his usual shark surveys in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, he wasn’t surprised to catch a small tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). The surprise was...

June 5, 2019

TWS thanks House subcommittee for discussing biodiversity loss

The Wildlife Society, alongside the American Fisheries Society and the National Wildlife Federation, sent a letter to the leadership of the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and...

June 4, 2019

Can there be common ground on wild horses?

When it comes to managing wild horses on public lands in the West, it’s hard to find common ground. Proponents thrill at the sight of free-ranging horses, and they appeal...

June 4, 2019

Mexican wolf kills rise sharply

The number of cows and calves killed by Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) is rising dramatically this year. Federal reports show the wolves were blamed for the deaths of...