Caribou in northwestern Canada are often divided between two major groups. Barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) make massive migrations across the continent. Woodland caribou (R.t. caribou) also travel, but not nearly at the same …
The Student Wildlands Adventure Program recently completed its fifth annual event. Twelve students from the western United States and Canada were selected to participate on a trip to the Southern Appalachian mountains to learn about …
Not all salamanders live under rocks or in the water. California hosts a species that lives in the crowns of redwoods—the world’s tallest trees—and although it’s called the wandering salamander (Aneides vagrans), it’s the ability …
Guided by the Native Peoples’ Wildlife Management Working Group, The Wildlife Society recently provided suggestions to implement Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in U.S. federal policy making. Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge or ITEK, refers to information …
Biologists have returned 20 burrowing owls to the wild in southeastern Alberta. The owls were taken from their nests last winter and raised at the Calgary Zoo to help recover the species, considered a species …
In the century since Barbary sheep were brought from North Africa to the United States, they have spread from zoos to ranches to the wild, raising questions about their impacts on native ecosystems. “It’s definitely …
A key United Nations biodiversity conference was scheduled to take place in China in October 2020, but the outbreak of COVID-19 put the event on hold. It’s supposed to finally take place in late August …
For decades, wildlife managers have worked widely with different bear species, from controlling problem bears in campsites, to conserving imperiled species like polar bears. This work has evolved greatly. For example, 60 years ago, managers …
Over the 50 years since mottled ducks were introduced to South Carolina, the results have been mixed. Hunters and others certainly like having them around, but their influence on the local ecosystem and other birds …
The Wildlife Society is requesting that Congress provide robust funding in Fiscal Year 2023 for U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that support wildlife professionals and their work. The House and Senate Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural …
Copyright © 2022 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes