Geographical Location: United States

June 27, 2022

Team finds massive python in Everglades

A team of python trackers in the Florida Everglades caught the largest Burmese python ever found in the region. The nearly 18-foot python (Python bivittatus) weighed 215 pounds, National Geographic...

June 24, 2022

TWS Annual Conference Registration now OPEN!

Join us in Spokane, Washington, November 6-10 for our first in-person conference since 2019! Click the button below to register for The Wildlife Society’s 29th Annual Conference! Early registration closes...

June 21, 2022

JWM: Could handling alligators reduce alligator attacks?

Fatal alligator attacks used to be unheard of in South Carolina. But as more and more residents and tourists head into areas where alligators are common, fatalities—while still rare—have been...

June 17, 2022

Isolated polar bear population endures, even when sea ice is gone

In a remote corner of southeastern Greenland, researchers discovered an isolated, genetically distinct polar bear population that survives in a landscape without sea ice for most of the year—the sort...

June 17, 2022

What’s drawing dolphins to New York Harbor?

Dolphins have been appearing more and more in New York Harbor, raising questions about what is bringing them to the area. To better understand, researchers are looking at the behaviors...

June 16, 2022

Report supports COVID-19 originating with a virus in bats

Researchers continue to point to COVID-19 likely originating in a virus carried by bats before it spilled over into an animal at a wildlife market and eventually to humans. In...

June 15, 2022

Avian flu reaches Southwest

Arizona has reported the first cases of avian flu in the Southwest. The Arizona Game and Fish Department announced that federal wildlife officials confirmed the disease in three wild cormorants...

June 14, 2022

New project focuses on Prairie Pothole conservation

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is teaming with Ducks Unlimited to help farmers and ranchers restore grasslands and make other improvements to benefit birds in the Prairie Pothole region. The...

June 13, 2022

Joshua Tree closes trail to help bighorns reach spring

Joshua Tree National Park is temporarily closing a popular hiking trail to make it easier for bighorn sheep to get to water. The trail leads to Fortynine Palms Oasis, a...

June 9, 2022

A ‘win-win’ for birds and farmers

Birds and farmers don’t always get along, but on California’s Central Coast, researchers found that strawberry farmers can benefit birds while taking advantage of pest removal and other ecosystem services...