JWM study: Low-quality marine habitat impacts murrelet
Dubbed “the enigma of the Pacific” until ornithologists finally tracked down its nest in the 1970s, the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a seabird that forages by the coast and...
TWS names new Wildlife Monographs editor-in-chief
Merav Ben-David, a professor of wildlife ecology and management at the University of Wyoming’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, has been named the new editor-in-chief of Wildlife Monographs. “My interest...
Chapters and Student Chapter Advisor honored
TWS presented the 2016 Chapter, Student Chapter and Student Chapter Advisor of the Year Awards at the 23rd Annual Conference last October in Raleigh, N.C. The Society selected the San...
JWM study: Where Maine’s montane amphibians breed
In the mountains of Maine, where spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) and wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) breed in temporary vernal pools, they depend most on ponds that stay wet for longer...
Hewitt named director at Caesar Kleberg Institute
Former TWS Texas Chapter President David Hewitt was recently named executive director of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. “I’m enjoying it and looking forward to...
JWM study: Off-highway vehicles encroaching on kit fox habitat
Come wintertime in the Southwest, a flurry of recreationists hit the desert trails on dirt bikes, in four-wheel-drive vehicles and on all-terrain vehicles. But recent research demonstrates that this popular...
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JWM study: Energy extraction impacting ferruginous hawks
New findings suggest that intensive oil and gas operations may be causing long-term local population declines in the ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis), the largest species of American hawk, which soars...
Shrews offer insight into ecological changes in warming Arctic
Parasites don’t get much respect, but researchers have found they can offer important clues about climate change. As Arctic temperatures warm, recent research suggests, parasites in small mammals such as...
Sniffing out shrubs’ significance for endangered lizards
Endemic to California’s San Joaquin Valley, the blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila) has been fighting extinction for the last half-century. With a little assistance from a team of scat-sniffing canines,...
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