Category: Around the Web

May 6, 2021

Watch: Rare wolverine sighting in Utah

A feisty carnivore known for its anonymity has been spotted far south of its normal range. Footage of a wolverine (Gulo gulo) has surfaced from Antelope Island State Park in...

May 5, 2021

Whooping cranes nesting in Texas once again

For the first time in over a century, endangered whooping cranes are nesting in Texas. Two pairs of the birds recently began laying eggs on private land in Jefferson and...

May 4, 2021

Watch: Cameras confirm rare dryas monkeys in Congo

Dryas monkeys prefer dense vegetation in thickets of secondary forest, which means the primates are difficult to detect in their native habitat in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of...

May 4, 2021

Call for Abstracts closes May 14!

Our 2021 Call for Proposals closes in less than two weeks! Submit your abstract by May 14 to be considered as a presenter at The Wildlife Society’s 28th Annual Conference....

May 3, 2021

White-nose syndrome has devastated three bat species

The deadly white-nose syndrome has wiped out almost all northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) and tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) in North America in the past...

April 30, 2021

Washington wolf population up 24%

The state of Washington’s wolf population continued to grow last year, reaching its highest levels in recent years since wolves have begun returning to the state. The state’s annual wolf...

April 29, 2021

S.C. names highway for African-American game warden

South Carolina has named a 2-mile stretch of highway for the first African-American game warden hired by the state Department of Natural Resources. The highway in Richland County, where he...

April 28, 2021

Genome project reveals findings for 25 species

An effort to read the genome of every vertebrate in the world has released its first results, with near-complete genomes for 25 species, including the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum),...

April 27, 2021

Rewilding relies on more than species

As efforts to restore landscapes through rewilding pick up around the world, researchers say it takes more than just reintroducing a species. The success of these efforts may ultimately rely...

April 26, 2021

Functioning ecosystems persist through environmental change

Looking at fossil records, researchers determined the structure of an ecosystem matters more in the face of environmental change than the composition of species in it. Understanding this, they found,...