Geographical Location: Western

February 10, 2020

JWM: Museums hold secrets of California’s vanished pronghorn

One hundred years ago, pronghorn roamed the Sonoran Desert in what is now the borderlands between Southern California and northern Baja California in Mexico. Today, they are gone from the...

February 7, 2020

Researchers say Mexican ranch likely source of Ariz. ocelots

A breeding population of ocelots just 30 miles south of the border is likely the source of occasional cat sightings in Arizona, biologists say. The population is the northernmost known...

February 3, 2020

The February issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

January 27, 2020

Western Section film depicts diversity in the profession

Many wildlife professionals spend their entire careers worrying about species diversity, but what about human diversity in the wildlife profession? “[Group from different backgrounds and experiences] think differently in terms...

January 27, 2020

Bioacoustics opening up world of birdsongs

To find the last remaining Puaiohi thrushes (Myadestes palmeri) on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, researchers placed small recorders at the base of the cliff to listen for their distinctive...

January 17, 2020

TWS section and chapter meetings in February

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled in February: Feb. 3-7, 2020: Western Section of The...

January 14, 2020

Translocating pesky squirrels can help declining owls

One person’s annoyance can be a declining species’ treasure. Wildlife managers are putting squirrels that are a nuisance to ranchers and other landowners to work in engineering ecosystems where burrowing...

January 10, 2020

Watch: Using trail cameras to count Mexican wolves

Arizona Game and Fish Department researchers are conducting a one-year study to determine if trail cameras are an effective method of measuring the abundance of endangered Mexican wolves (Canis lupus...

January 9, 2020

In California, two tales of mountain lions emerge

California likely has more landscape suitable for mountain lions than any other state, researchers recently found, but half of it consists of unprotected lands vulnerable to development. The findings are...

January 8, 2020

Conservationists race to save Hawaiian kiwikiu honeycreeper

A Hawaiian bird endemic to Maui is running out of chances after avian malaria scuttled a recent translocation attempt in a remote area of the island. “The best chance for...