Can genetics offer new tools for wildlife biologists?
Could genetic advances in the laboratory transform wildlife management on the ground? It’s a question APHIS Wildlife Services biologists are asking as they look at adopting genetic technologies increasingly being used in medicine...
Grants create habitat for pollinators
Tagen Baker’s organic farm in California is bustling with life. It’s not just the historic acres of walnut trees on the property, or the fields of lavender, or the heirloom...
Utah desert wetlands abundant with migrating birds
As the water in Utah’s Pariette Wetlands evaporates in the June heat, manager Darren Williams wonders what its future holds. Encompassing 9,204 acres, including 2,529 classified as wetlands or riparian,...
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At Annual Conference’s opening night, wildlife rocks!
The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference will take place Oct. 7 to 11 in Cleveland, Ohio. Go to twsconference.org for more information. Rock ’n’ roll and wild living may go...
California program offers lesson in the buds and the bees
In California, bees are critical to the success of almonds and other crops, but the massive acres of farmland those crops grow on can be important to bee health, too....
TWS bids farewell to three past presidents
The past three months have brought some somber news to The Wildlife Society. Since December, we have lost three past presidents, Ted Bookhout, Richard Mackie and Bill Crawford, each of...
JWM: Pneumonia ‘spillover’ challenges bighorn efforts
Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) once occupied much of the Western landscape, but in the centuries since European settlers arrived, pneumonia has reduced or wiped out populations and put the species...
JWM: Jackals prefer livestock over wild prey
Predators and livestock can be a controversial combination anywhere, But it can be particularly contentious in South Africa, where livestock farmers complain about mounting impacts from carnivores on their operations....
California academy added 85 new species in 2017
Add these to your 12 days of Christmas list. Thirteen nudibranchs, seven spiders, three new scorpions and a shrew with a really big nose. These are some of the 85...
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