Geographical Location: United States

March 30, 2017

Targeting hosts to stop the spread of ticks

Improvements to bait boxes — a tool used to kill ticks on mice and chipmunks — can successfully lower the prevalence of ticks in the rodents, according to new research....

March 28, 2017

White-nose fungus found in Texas

Biologists have found the fungus that cause white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of bats throughout the United States and Canada, in caves in six north Texas counties,...

March 27, 2017

First wolf spotted in Nevada in nearly a century

Nevada wildlife officials have confirmed the first presence of a gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the state in nearly a century. The male, which is believed to have dispersed from...

March 27, 2017

Award recipient turns students on to science

Nominations for the 2017 Excellence in Wildlife Education and Conservation Education  awards will be accepted through May 1. Visit the Conservation Education Award and Wildlife Education Award webpages by clicking the...

March 23, 2017

UND students reflect on state chapter meeting

Seeing many of my fellow students get more and more involved throughout the year, especially at the North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society annual meeting February 8-10, 2017 brought...

March 22, 2017

Passion drives McDonough Award winner

Nominations for the 2017 Jim McDonough Award will be accepted through May 1. Click on the link above to visit the McDonough Award webpage, or visit www.wildlife.org/awards to learn more...

March 20, 2017

Illinois Chapter member honored

Hannah O’Malley, AWB® and TWS-Illinois Chapter member, has been selected as the 2016 Eastern Region Wildlife Specialist of the Year in the USDA’s Wildlife Services program.  O’Malley has been a...

March 15, 2017

Wolves kill fewer ungulates with bears around

Wolves tend to kill prey less often when bears are present, according to recent research. This is contrary to the previous assumption that wolves kill more often when bears are...

March 14, 2017

Populations of three endangered mammals increased in 2016

New population estimates for 2016 have revealed net population increases for the Florida panther, Florida manatee, and Mexican gray wolf since 2015. For each of these three endangered species, this...

March 13, 2017

Illinois prairie chickens could disappear without more sustained management

After agricultural and urban expansion fragmented the habitat of the greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) in Illinois and pushed it to the brink of disappearing from the state, translocations...