Geographical Location: United States

August 29, 2017

‘Got one!’: Agencies complete collaborative frog survey in Nevada

“Got one!” A voice calls out across a field of waist-high sedge. Nets dip and splash into the tiny, yet deceptively deep pond in search of elusive prey while feet...

August 29, 2017

Southeastern lizards adapt quickly to extreme weather

In one of the fastest, most well-documented instances of adaptation, lizards in the southeastern United States developed a tolerance to lower temperatures in response to a recent severe winter. “Extreme...

August 28, 2017

At first conference, and now, memory of Leopold lingers

As The Wildlife Society prepares to hold its 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, three organizers recall planning the Society’s first independent conference, in the same city, in 1994....

August 25, 2017

First TWS Conference still echoes, 23 years later

As The Wildlife Society prepares to hold its 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, three organizers recall planning the Society’s first independent conference, in the same city, in 1994....

August 23, 2017

Video: Expertly navigate this year’s Annual Conference

Visit twsconference.org for details about this year’s conference and register today! The beautiful Hyatt Regency hotel and newly renovated Albuquerque Convention Center are the perfect host facilities to experience TWS Live. Get your first...

August 21, 2017

Fishlake National Forest and Boulder Mountain Habitat Improvement Projects

The Beaver, Fillmore, Fremont River, and Richfield Ranger Districts of the Fishlake National Forest worked together to design a landscape scale project to remove encroaching pinyon and juniper trees in...

August 18, 2017

Greater prairie chicken nests unaffected by wind energy development

As the wide-open landscapes that greater prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) occupy are increasingly eyed by energy companies for oil and gas, solar and wind facilities, biologists are taking a look...

August 16, 2017

Newly discovered, Nevada toad faces uncertain future

Scientists described a new toad species in Nevada last month, an act they hope will protect the toad from a proposed power plant that they fear could destroy its tiny...

August 16, 2017

The colors you wear can affect your wildlife research

The color of your T-shirt could affect your wildlife research, at least if you’re studying western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis). That’s what Breanna Putman found when she was trying to...

August 14, 2017

Wyoming Chapter comments to improve sage-grouse regulations

New policies and regulations regarding greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) management were proposed in the state of Wyoming earlier this year in response to new legislation, specifically relating to the practice...