Geographical Location: Northeastern

May 15, 2019

After relocation, black bear makes long journey back

A New Hampshire black bear’s (Ursus americanus) trek shows how complicated it can be to deal with human-wildlife interactions. For years, a resident of the town of Hanover fed a...

April 15, 2019

Canid Camera focuses on fostering young forests

Young forests help sustain an abundance of wildlife across the Northeast, and they can be more resilient to threats. But cutting down trees to let new ones grow can be...

March 5, 2019

The March/April issue of The Wildlife Professional

The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely research news and analysis of trends in the wildlife profession....

February 19, 2019

New Jersey will continue bear hunt

A New Jersey state appeals court has rejected a challenge to the state’s expanded bear hunt. The state added a second bear hunt in, held in October, in an effort...

February 5, 2019

Student presentation: Implementing citizen science in research

Citizen science is growing in wildlife biology, providing an inexpensive, efficient way to collect large amounts of data. But how should researchers use it effectively? In a presentation titled, “Population...

January 30, 2019

In a protected forest, why did the birds disappear?

The William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest is a rare piece of land in New Jersey. Set aside by Dutch settlers in 1701, it is an uncut tract of old growth...

January 2, 2019

The January/February issue of The Wildlife Professional

The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely research news and analysis of trends in the wildlife...

December 10, 2018

Corralling a capybara – in Massachusetts?

In early November while conducting a wildlife survey at a western Massachusetts airbase, I was surprised to see a capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) grazing in the grass on a secured recreational-use...

November 19, 2018

TWS member receives award for golden-winged warbler work

This article originally appears in the New Jersey Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s November 2018 newsletter. On Nov. 7, Sharon Petzinger, senior zoologist with the New Jersey Division of Fish...

November 13, 2018

New England Sea turtle strandings starting early

Sea turtle strandings are common on New England beaches in the fall as plummeting water temperatures bring “cold-stunned” turtles to shore. But biologists say an unusually high number of sea...