Category: Around the Web

May 12, 2021

Ted Turner’s N.M. ranch welcomes Mexican wolf pack

Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch in New Mexico will host a translocated pack of Mexican gray wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with the ranch as it searches...

May 11, 2021

A Chicago group releases feral cats to target rats

In Chicago, an organization is trying to address the city’s rat problem by releasing feral cats onto the streets. The Tree House Humane Society says it has released 1,000 feral...

May 10, 2021

Fungus that causes white-nose syndrome found on bats in N.M.

Bureau of Land Management biologists have detected the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome on hibernating bats and cave walls in two eastern New Mexico caves. The detections are the first...

May 7, 2021

Wild horses’ wells can benefit other species

The ecological impacts of wild horses and burro usually make for bad news. Scientifically considered feral animals, they are known for damaging the plants and soil of arid ecosystems and...

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...