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March 1, 2019

Western Section to hold workshop on drones

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will host, “Drone technology and regulation” Apr. 9 to 12 in Monterey Co., California. This workshop is designed to provide an overview of unmanned...

March 1, 2019

Video: Spot a cat? There’s an app for that

TWS member Jason Luscier focuses on urban wildlife conservation, so when he needed more data on house cats (Felis catus) roaming the streets, he turned local residents into citizen scientists. Luscier...

February 28, 2019

Get revved up for Reno and the joint conference with AFS!

This year’s Annual Conference will be an especially exciting event. For the first time, The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society are joining forces for a joint conference, where fisheries...

February 28, 2019

Did climate change claim its first mammal?

The last recorded sighting of a Bramble Cay melomys was in 2009, when a fisherman reported seeing a few of the small rodents take flight across the Australian island where...

February 27, 2019

Gene drive technology gets trial run

Researchers have launched the first large-scale laboratory release of mosquitos genetically engineered using a gene editing technique that some biologists believe holds promise for combating an array of problems, from...

February 26, 2019

Winter road salt can harm wildlife

Spreading salt on the roads to make winter driving safer may be causing problems for wildlife. In a recent article, scientists reported a large increase of chloride in streams, lakes...

February 26, 2019

North Carolina Chapter T&E workshop a success

This article originally appears in the North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Winter 2018-19 newsletter. Photos from the workshop also appear in the newsletter. On Nov. 1, over 40...

February 25, 2019

Study finds slow policy process puts species at risk

Wildlife trade restrictions implemented by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES) can take more than two decades to be implemented, a new...

February 22, 2019

Site Visit Insights: Spotting elusive leopard lizards

Site visits are critical to helping scientists learn more about species and their habitats.  The trips often take them into areas most people do not have a chance to explore,...

February 22, 2019

Video: Where do humans fit in the ecosystem?

At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington last Sunday, a group of cross-disciplinary scientists from the Santa Fe Institute presented their investigations...