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September 26, 2016

Grab a beer, sit back and relax in Raleigh

Conferences, while deeply fulfilling, can take a lot out of attendees — what with having to attend back-to-back sessions and events for several days at a time. With that in...

September 26, 2016

University of Manitoba offers mentored hunting course

Students at the University of Manitoba are getting hands-on experience harvesting geese and deer while earning college credits. The Environmental Field Investigations course gives students a better understanding of the...

September 23, 2016

Field Trip: Meet alligators, boa constrictors, flying squirrels and more!

Attendees of TWS 2016, if you haven’t yet registered for a field trip, consider experiencing the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences up close and personal. Conference Quick Hits: TWS...

September 22, 2016

Raleigh keynote summons Partners for Conservation

The last day of this year’s Annual Conference in Raleigh will begin with a special keynote session, Public-Private Partnerships for Conservation. Sponsored by the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program,...

September 22, 2016

Recruiting next generation of Native American wildlifers

At sunset on a steep, north-facing slope at 7,500 feet, research assistants Chase Voirin (Navajo) and Elisha Flores (Hoopa) stood among massive Douglas-fir trees imitating the four-note territorial call of...

September 21, 2016

New bee species carves nests out of sandstone

In the Southwest desert, bees carve tunnels in sandstone. Their mandibles scratch the rough surface, while water carried in their bodies softens the cement between grains. The labor eventually wears...

September 16, 2016

Mountain lions face inbreeding threat in Santa Monica Mountains

A small population of mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains might be facing inbreeding problems and potential extinction in the next 50 years, according to new research. In Los...

September 15, 2016

Judge rules to allow cormorant culls to continue

In a recent ruling, a federal judge ruled in favor of allowing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to continue culling double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) that feed on...

September 15, 2016

JWM study: Fire, nest locations affect gopher tortoise predation

Gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), which live in the longleaf pine ecosystem, are declining throughout their range due to not only habitat loss and fragmentation but also potentially high nest predation...

September 12, 2016

Climate change wipes out pikas on isolated peaks

Pikas are a textbook climate tragedy. As temperatures rise, the fluffy, cold-loving mammals retreat higher and higher up mountain slopes, eventually perishing on the too-warm peaks. But that isn’t happening...