Wildlife repellent trialed at U.S. airports
Since the beginning of aviation, wildlife strikes—and bird strikes in particular—have posed a hazard to human health and safety. Unfortunately, the potential ...
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Manage industrious beavers in Canada proves difficult
Teaser: Outsmarting beaver instincts isn’t always easy Beavers may be a national symbol in Canada, but the large, stubborn rodents can cause problems for property ...
A third of North American firefly species face extinction
The Florida intertidal firefly, the sky island firefly and the Bethany beach firefly are just three of dozens of species of bioluminescent bugs recently found to ...
Birds congregate in riparian areas in dry years
When Monte Neate-Clegg was a graduate student managing bird banding stations in riparian areas in Utah, he noticed a lot of fluctuation in the number of birds ...
USFWS reinforces wolf protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently reinforced red wolf protections by withdrawing a proposed rule that would have limited the species’ protection under ...
Apply now for USFS Native American Research Assistantship
The U.S. Forest Service, through a partnership with The Wildlife Society, is offering research assistantships for Native American undergraduate or graduate students ...
Watch: Florida manatee deaths reach a grim new milestone
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission reported over 1,000 manatee deaths in the state this year, surpassing the previous annual record. The numbers are far more ...
Mountaintop removal heightens water toxicity
Mountaintop removal mining, a coal mining technique commonly used in the Appalachian Mountains, can result in water quality levels that are toxic to aquatic ...
By cleaning up carcasses, hyenas also reduce disease
Hyenas aren’t the most popular species, but in one Ethiopian town, they may be reducing the spread of diseases from dead animals to people and livestock. When ...
TWS2021: Disease, predation causing Appalachian spotted skunk decline
The Appalachian subspecies of the eastern spotted skunk is facing large declines, likely due to a combination of predation and canine distemper, a disease fatal to ...