Author: Dana Kobilinsky

June 4, 2019

Stressed tadpoles develop lower fitness as adults

For frogs, a stressful early life as a tadpole can lead to long-term fitness consequences in adulthood. “Even though you have this huge change in body morphology through metamorphosis, that...

June 3, 2019

Refuge’s ferrets wiped out after plague strikes prairie dogs

Biologists say a sylvatic plague outbreak that decimated prairie dogs in Montana’s UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge has nearly eliminated the refuge’s black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) population. Biologists counted just...

June 3, 2019

Reno-Tahoe: Two pasts, one future

Registration for The Wildlife Society & American Fisheries Society 2019 Joint Annual Conference is now open! Visit afstws2019.org for more information, or click here to register now! For those not...

June 3, 2019

Southern California Chapter to host burrowing owl workshop

The Southern California Chapter of The Wildlife Society will host a burrowing owl workshop on June 7 at the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve in San Diego County, California. There will...

May 31, 2019

Watch: Mule deer use wildlife underpass in Wyoming

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are making use of a new underpass designed to reduce the danger of wildlife strikes in Sublette County, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation built two...

May 31, 2019

Learn about the natural history of Catalina Island

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will co-host a guided workshop on Catalina Island August 5 to 8, 2019. This four-day immersive workshop will introduce participants to the natural...

May 31, 2019

When a burrowing owl prefers the scaffolding

Everyone has heard the saying “a picture’s worth a thousand words,” but what a picture does not provide is the backstory — details about the who, what, where, when and...

May 30, 2019

Should Idaho bighorn be listed as a record?

There’s no question that the bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) taken by a Nez Perce Tribe member nearly three years ago in Idaho was a big one. But whether or not...

May 30, 2019

House bill would increase wildlife funding, defund reorganization

As the Senate begins its process of drafting its Fiscal Year 2020 spending bills, the House is moving forward with its slate of appropriations bills and several are ready for...

May 30, 2019

TWS Northeast Section’s Jacqueline Frair recognized

Jacqueline Frair, the president-elect for the Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society and an associate professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, was recently named the college’s...