Area of Focus: Methods

September 11, 2025

Study reveals sex mismatches in wild birds

Five bird species in four avian orders exhibit mismatches in genetic and physical sex

September 9, 2025

JWM: Swine fever drives starving tigers into Russian villages

A drop in wild prey is leading to increasing conflict between humans and predators

September 8, 2025

An herbivore by any other name

Rethinking how we classify animals based on what they eat—and what it means for wildlife management

September 4, 2025

Rethinking the costs and benefits of habitat modification

New research revisits a long-standing management tool, revealing that food plot design can shape bird communities and harbor invasive species

September 4, 2025

Scientists suspect rainbow snake decline in Florida

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking public reports of snake sightings

August 29, 2025

Osprey chicks are dying in their nests

As their populations plummet in the Chesapeake Bay, some scientists point to overfishing

August 27, 2025

SC dolphins contain microplastics even before birth

All stranded dolphins tested in the Charleston estuary are contaminated

August 25, 2025

Microplastics from tires may not harm butterflies

Cabbage white and monarch caterpillars can survive with tire particles in their diets

August 22, 2025

Climate change is speeding up polar bear aging

For every degree of warming since the 1960s, polar bears have aged more quickly, altering their natural life history

August 12, 2025

Hungry honey bees out-hustle native pollinators

In one of the world’s hot spots of bee biodiversity, scientists are overwhelmingly finding one introduced species