Geographical Location: Western

Loss of habitat continues as one of the greatest threats to native species and biodiversity. Thus, restoring native habitats has become a key conservation activity around the world. A shift...

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society is excited to announce that The Wildlife Confessional anthology, a collection of short stories by dyed-in-the-wool wildlife biologists that endeavors to show the...

Congressional representatives from Arizona have introduced legislation to prevent the president from extending or establishing national monuments within state borders. Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and and Andy Briggs (R-AZ) introduced...

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will be holding two workshops at their upcoming annual meeting in Santa Rosa, California on February 5 and February 6. For more information...

When Japanese bush-warblers (Cettia diphone) were introduced to Oahu in the 1920s, it might not have been good for native wildlife, but it turned out to be helpful for researchers....

The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Student Chapter is on track to having another great semester! One focus thus far has been trying to expand our membership. Members of the...

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...