Finding the middle ground for aviation safety and waterfowl
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recognized “the loss, degradation and fragmentation of migratory bird habitat” as potentially the largest single threat ...
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Watch: Biodiversity in Antarctica, thanks to poop
The Antarctic Peninsula can be a brutal place, but penguins and seals have created biodiversity hotspots, researchers found, thanks to their nitrogen-rich scat. ...
2019 Wildlife Publication Awards shortlists announced
The Wildlife Publication Awards Committee has named five books to shortlists in the authored and edited book categories and five papers in the journal and monograph ...
Sea level rise and predation threaten saltmarsh sparrow population
Seaside (Ammodramus maritimus) and saltmarsh sparrows (A. caudacutus) have a lot in common. Both spend virtually their entire lives along coastal salt marshes, and ...
Banned pesticide blamed in 19 bald eagle deaths
Maryland officials are cracking down on the use of a banned pesticide believed to have killed at least 19 bald eagles in the state since 2016. The state’s ...
Quiz Bowl registration now open
The 22nd Annual Quiz Bowl will take place Monday through Tuesday during the TWS Annual Conference in Reno, Nevada. As a participant or as a member of the audience, ...
Conference registration is now open!
Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 2019 Annual Conference is now open! This year we are headed to Reno, Nevada, Sept. 29-Oct. 3 for the first-ever joint ...
House sets spending levels for 2020 budget
Top-level funding for programs in the U.S. Department of the Interior and related agencies would see an increase in Fiscal Year 2020 under spending caps approved ...
Better collaboration needed to tackle pervasive cat disease
Wildlife managers, doctors and veterinarians need to collaborate more to get ahead of toxoplasmosis — a zoonotic disease originating in felines — which affects ...
After relocation, black bear makes long journey back
A New Hampshire black bear’s (Ursus americanus) trek shows how complicated it can be to deal with human-wildlife interactions. For years, a resident of the town ...