Geographical Location: United States

Not long ago, bobcats (Lynx rufus) were elusive creatures in New Hampshire, but TWS member John Litvaitis, an emeritus professor of wildlife ecology at the University of New Hampshire, has...

According to most wildlife guides, harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) don’t typically range south of New Jersey. But recent research shows that during winter, these marine mammals regularly feed in an...

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is now open! Members can register through Your Membership. For more information on the conference, and non-member registration,...

Biologists surveying carnivore populations in snow-covered regions often have a hard time differentiating between the tracks of similar species. By analyzing track characteristics and snow measurements, a recent study focused...

American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) can live as long as humans, making it difficult for scientists to conduct long-term studies on them. But Phil Wilkinson, a retired manager of South Carolina’s Tom...

For many attendees, the location of this year’s TWS Annual Conference in the Southwest offers new and unique opportunities to experience the wildlife in ways not possible elsewhere in the...

A snake identification “hotline” launched by a private wildlife removal business in Virginia has become an overnight sensation, with queries pouring in from around the state and across the country...

His lifelong research earned him a spot in Wyoming’s Pronghorn Hall of Fame When Bill Hepworth began studying Wyoming’s iconic pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the 1960s, the fleet-footed animal still...

Since managers reintroduced wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) to Wisconsin in the mid-1970s, farming has expanded and intensified on the landscape. Despite habitat degradation, a new study suggests, these birds have...

The waters of Maine’s Lake Auburn were renowned for being pristine. Surrounded by fields, forests and the grassy campus of Central Maine Community College, the 2,260-acre lake above the towns...