The July/August issue of The Wildlife Professional
The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely research news ...
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John Organ earns 2020 Aldo Leopold award
When John Organ retired last year as chief of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Program, it was with mixed feelings. After ...
Clearer roads due to COVID-19 makes wildlife travel safer
Crossing roads has become a little safer for wildlife during the coronavirus lockdown in the United States due to a huge drop in traffic. According to a new report ...
Taking the sting out of bee conservation
In Phoenix, Arizona, many people feel either neutral about bees or dislike them, researchers found, but overall, residents don’t see bees as a problem in their ...
Wildlife in the ‘slow lanes’
An associate professor of landscape and fire ecology at Oregon State University, Meg Krawchuk tries to remain hyper-aware of fire patterns wherever she goes. As a ...
More than half of turtle species in the world face extinction
More than half of the nearly 500 species and subspecies of turtles and tortoises in the world are threatened with extinction. According to a review published ...
Judge temporarily allows grizzly removal in Wyoming
For now, the U.S. Forest Service can continue its grazing plan that includes removing grizzly bears from the Bridger-Teton National Forest in response to conflicts ...
House Committee passes transportation legislation
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a nearly $500 billion highway bill that includes a section devoted to reducing wildlife-vehicle ...
Building collision survey identifies vulnerable birds
Millions of birds meet an untimely end by flying into buildings every year, but researchers weren’t always clear whether specific types were more vulnerable than ...
National parks are full of microplastics
National parks like Joshua Tree, Rocky Mountain and the Grand Canyon — places that people generally think of as pristine —are plagued by microplastics, ...