Geographical Location: Western

It’s the coqui frog’s (Eleutherodactylus coqui) unusually loud call that got on Hawaiians’ nerves after it was accidentally introduced from Puerto Rico in the 1980s. But new research shows the presence...

Join the Western Section of The Wildlife Society for a West Coast sea turtle workshop! This workshop hopes to demystify the biology, conservation, and regulation of sea turtles occurring on...

On the Big Island of Hawaii, hundreds of thousands of ‘ohi’a trees, whose scarlet blooms color the archipelago and sustain many endemic nectar-feeding birds, are swiftly succumbing to a fungal...

The California Central Coast Chapter of The Wildlife Society will be hosting a Certified Wildlife Biologist® workshop on December 2, 2017 in San Luis Obispo, California. Professional Certification is strongly...

On Sep. 23, the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners voted 6-1 to ban the commercial collection of reptiles in Nevada. After Jan. 1, 2018, the state will no longer allow...

On Sep. 8, the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a rule change developed by the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation that would authorize state officials to...

The State of Nevada has released the first credits for sale under its Conservation Credit System (CCS) to mitigate impacts to sage-grouse habitat. The CCS was developed through a collaborative...

“Got one!” A voice calls out across a field of waist-high sedge. Nets dip and splash into the tiny, yet deceptively deep pond in search of elusive prey while feet...

Scientists described a new toad species in Nevada last month, an act they hope will protect the toad from a proposed power plant that they fear could destroy its tiny...

The color of your T-shirt could affect your wildlife research, at least if you’re studying western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis). That’s what Breanna Putman found when she was trying to...