Bringing back the northern white rhino
Scientists have made a step toward bringing the northern white rhino back from near extinction in the wild by producing new embryos in a lab. Since 2019, the BioRescue consortium,...
Rare Florida sparrow makes a comeback
A rare bird in Florida is staging a remarkable comeback thanks to a reintroduction effort intended to boost its numbers in the wild. Only about 80 Florida grasshopper sparrows remained...
With open access, WSB follows its original vision
When TWS’ journal the Wildlife Society Bulletin first prepared to make the move to an open-access publication, Editor-in-Chief Brett Collier admits he felt a bit uneasy. “Having been engaged with...
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Watch: A trash bin ‘arms race’ takes on clever cockatoos
In towns frequented by bears, it’s not unusual to see trash cans designed so hungry bears can’t get in. Some people strap down their garbage to keep out scavenging raccoons...
Wildlife Vocalizations: Meredith Dennis
Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. My path to wildlife biology has been a meandering one; but it all...
DNA confirms wolf, not coyote, killed in New York hunt
An animal killed in a New York coyote hunt last year was not a coyote but a wolf, a recent DNA analysis found. The finding contradicts an initial conclusion that...
TWS recognizes authors of stellar wildlife publications
A book on invasive birds, a biography of one of the fathers of wildlife conservation in Canada, and a monograph on the collapse of sea otter numbers in southwest Alaska...
Wild Cam: Policing Persian power line safety with the help of kestrels
The best way to keep magpies from building unwieldy and dangerous nests on power lines in Iran may be to encourage kestrels to move in. “We can use one species...
Conserving the best lands for longleaf pine
Not all land is equal when it comes to the best acquisitions to maintain and connect longleaf pine ecosystems in North Carolina. The specialized ecosystem in the Southeast has been...
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