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December 3, 2020

TWS member works to make buildings safer for birds

TWS member Karen Powers is trying to make her community a little more bird friendly. A wildlife biologist at Radford University, where she serves as the faculty adviser for the...

December 2, 2020

Is ‘America’s Amazon’ in jeopardy?

The Mobile River Basin is the largest inland delta system in the United States and is among the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots, but it’s facing an array of threats it...

December 2, 2020

Northernmost polar bears temporarily benefit from warming

Polar bears in one of the northernmost populations in the world are seeing some short-term transient benefits from climate change. Climate change in Kane Basin, between northwestern Greenland and Canada’s...

November 25, 2020

North Carolina thankful to send more turkeys to Texas

In 2018, multiple North Carolina airports began reporting Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) presence and damage. Airports reported that wild turkeys were no longer responding to harassment techniques and would...

November 24, 2020

Wildlife is right in your backyard — literally

Some wildlife in North Carolina is more abundant in suburban backyards than in nearby forests, and some of these yards even display more species richness. In 2016, scientists deployed camera...

November 18, 2020

Florida catches record number of pythons in the Everglades

Contractors in Florida have caught a record number of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. Less than a year after two state agencies decided to combine forces and remove invasive...

November 9, 2020

Invasive lizards in Florida adapt to colder temperatures

Invasive lizards are chilling in Florida — literally. The reptiles are adapting quickly to colder temperatures than they experience in their native tropical regions, prompting fears that the reptiles may...

October 26, 2020

Virtual section and chapter meetings in November

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of The Wildlife Society’s sections and chapters have transitioned to virtual meetings. The following meetings are currently scheduled for November: November 17, 2020:...

September 23, 2020

Diversity Award presented to South Carolina DNR outreach program

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Diversity Outreach Program has received the 2020 TWS Diversity Award. The program works to raise awareness about the state’s natural resources among Hispanic...

September 21, 2020

JWM: Cormorant control reduces fish farm predation

Cormorants spend less time eating catfish at aquaculture farms on the lower Mississippi River floodplain in years when lethal control measures are permitted. “This is good evidence that having lethal...