
JWM: Many herps in SW U.S. may lose a fifth of habitat to climate change
Climate change will likely affect reptiles and amphibians that don’t disperse far

Chemicals from oil sands could hinder frog development
Frogs experience developmental abnormalities and decreased survival

WSB: When fieldwork is sabotaged
Tracking wolf populations presents challenges in the best of times. The carnivores are highly mobile and not exactly easy for wildlife biologists to handle. But researchers in Germany face an...
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Outdoor D.C. cats put themselves and others in danger
Letting pet cats spend time outdoors can put them at risk for contracting diseases, while simultaneously causing harm to wildlife and the ecosystem. This finding came out of a larger...

JWM: Texas kit fox populations appear healthy
The kit fox population living in the high elevation grasslands of the Trans-Pecos region of western Texas appears to be doing well. Texas Parks and Wildlife had noticed a decline...

Wild Cam: Mongolian wolves, marmots and a feral dog challenge
The wild montane regions of Mongolia are home to a diverse group of mammals, including ibex, one of the largest marmot species on the planet, furry Pallas’s cats and corsac...
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How to make the field safer, more inclusive for LGBTQ+ wildlifers
Plenty of research papers have covered some of the overarching institutional barriers faced by marginalized groups—like those belonging to the LBGTQ+ community—in environmental sciences, but those papers have often overlooked...

Researchers question spotted owl recovery efforts
A group of researchers is suggesting that plans to protect the northern spotted owl may need to be updated, with additional restrictions put in place on timber removal, even in...

Southwestern black bears are isolated on mountain ranges
Black bear populations in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico can be divided into several genetically distinct groups that haven’t mixed much for thousands of years. New research reveals that...
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