Geographical Location: United States

February 24, 2016

How to help wildlife cope with climate change

Want to know what you can do to help manage wildlife cope with climate change? Government agencies and research institutions have developed an online tool that points everyone from policymakers...

February 19, 2016

Yellowstone National Park implements bison management actions

Yellowstone National Park began a bison cull at Stephens Creek Capture Facility on Feb. 15, according to the National Parks Service. The park plans to remove a total of 600 to 900...

February 17, 2016

Rare bumblebee makes comeback

Populations of the bumblebee species Bombus occidentalis have been taken on a rollercoaster ride of declining and re-emerging, but the bees now appears to be on the ascending part of...

February 16, 2016

Researchers examine potential impacts of climate change on treefrogs

The trill of the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) attracts female mates, but fluctuating temperatures can cause the pitches of its call to become higher or lower than the intermediate pitched...

February 12, 2016

Celebrate North Carolina State Park System centennial during TWS 2016

Standing at over 6,600 feet, Mount Mitchell is the tallest peak east of the Mississippi River. It was 1915 when a group of North Carolina citizens set out to protect...

February 10, 2016

Changing fur color determines fate of snowshoe hares

A white ball of fur is easy to spot against a stark brown backdrop. That’s what makes it so easy for predators to spot snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) when snow...

February 5, 2016

Graduate student’s prairie chicken research wins first place

Graduate student Matthew Broadway took home first place in the master’s category for poster presentations at The Wildlife Society’s 22nd Annual Conference last October. He is a student at the...

February 4, 2016

Wyoming Chapter backs ungulate migration policy

The Wyoming Chapter of TWS supports new mitigation policy approved by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission that will protect the migration corridors of mule deer, elk and other ungulate...

February 2, 2016

Canada lynx persist in spruce beetle impacted forests, research shows

Lynx are making good use of some sections of forest impacted by spruce beetles, according to ongoing research. “The notion before we started the study was that it was possibly...

January 28, 2016

Hydroelectric Dam Demolition Helps American Dippers

Breaking the barriers for salmon may lead quickly to a healthier bird population, at least as far as dam removal is concerned. Recent research examined the effect that removing a...