Seabirds Face Massive Decline Since the 1950s
Over the past 60 years, globally monitored seabird populations have declined about 70 percent, according to a recent study published in PLOS ONE. Seabirds include any birds that forage primarily...
Bee Soup: A Delicious New Method to Study Populations
Determining bee population numbers is as challenging as determining stock market trends, according to Douglas Yu, an associate professor at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom and...
Black Bear Reintroduction Shows Population Growth
In the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of the long-term success of a bear reintroduction technique called winter soft-release, researchers found that a reintroduced black bear (Ursus americanus) population in the Big...
TWS Conference: The Student Experience
Imagine being surrounded by other students as interested in the wildlife field as you are, while building a network of professional contacts and learning more about developing your career path...
DNA Reveals Major Ivory Poaching Hotspots
While most anti-poaching efforts for elephants have focused on curbing demand of illegal ivory products, a recent study went straight to the source — poaching hotspots in Africa. In the...
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Past Water Conditions Important to Wading Birds
While past research on wading bird numbers in the Florida Everglades focused only on water patterns and conditions of the time, researchers recently found that information on water conditions and...
Video: Citizen Scientists Help Educate About Endangered Bat
Kirsten Bohn had just moved to Miami to begin working as an assistant research professor at Florida International University. It had been a few days after she had settled into...
Limited Hunting of Florida Black Bears Passed
After a great deal of discussion and debate, last week the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted in favor of limited bear hunting in the state. The new...
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