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The March issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin is now available

Articles focus on duck hunters’ bag limit compliance, LGBTQ+ inclusion and more

Read Now March 20, 2024
April 26, 2024

Computer model explores Tribal use of fire for ecosystem health

The Karuk Tribe regularly conducted burns in the fire-prone Klamath Mountains

April 25, 2024

2024 TWS Elections: Southwest Representative  

This year’s nominees for Southwest Representative to TWS Council are Kathy Granillo and Erika Nowak

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Blue Crab
March 19, 2015

Blue Crab Population Spreading Northward

David Johnson was sitting at the dinner table one evening in 2012 when a colleague casually remarked that he saw a blue crab in Northeast Massachusetts, about 80 miles north...

Flying Squirrel
March 17, 2015

Researchers Map Flying Squirrel Habitat

Carolina northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) may be flying high, but their population numbers could definitely use a lift. In a new study published in Endangered Species Research, researchers...

Climate Change
March 13, 2015

Climate Change Could Increase Spread of Diseases

Climate change increases the likelihood of diseases spreading to new places and new hosts across the world, according to Daniel Brooks, a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto Department...

Elk
March 11, 2015

Researchers Share Findings Through Social Media

Wyoming’s big game just joined the 21st century. Last week, the Wyoming Migration Initiative and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department began reporting about eight animal captures and studies on...

Eagle
March 10, 2015

Midwinter Survey Shows Increased Bald Eagle Sightings

In the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, 90 volunteers recently counted over 400 eagles in the annual midwinter bald eagle survey conducted by the Bureau of Land Management’s Buffalo Field...

Raccoons
March 9, 2015

Researchers Study Rabies Vaccination Bait in Raccoons

In a recent study, researchers at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources identified new ways to prevent the spread...

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Deer
March 4, 2015

Turnips, Radishes and Peas Lure Deer Away From Livestock Feed

Researchers with South Dakota State University are finishing up a three-year study funded by the South Dakota Department of Fish, Game and Parks and the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station...

Tadpoles
February 24, 2015

Predator Biodiversity Reduces Disease in Tadpoles

After conducting laboratory, field, and modeling studies, researchers at the University of South Florida recently found that biodiversity of predators that consume parasites, such as dragonflies, damselflies, and aquatic bugs,...

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
February 23, 2015

Researchers Sequence Unique Caterpillar’s Genome

Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillars (papilio glaucus) are even cooler than they look. With lime green snake-like bodies, scary faux black and yellow eyes and an orange forked-tongue that often releases...

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