Travel grant recipients prepare for exciting conference
Fourteen students and early career professionals have received travel grants to attend the upcoming annual TWS conference in Spokane, Washington, many of whom have never attended a TWS conference in...
Wild Cam: Do parakeets cause significant damage to corn?
For years, corn farmers in Mexico have tried to fight the perceived damage to their corn by leaving out poison for birds and other animals, or by shooting them. Dozens...
Calling for urban amphibian habitat connectivity
City planners may help improve and maintain amphibian diversity by keeping the sometimes sparse urban wetland areas connected. New research tracking the diversity of frogs and salamanders in downtown Calgary,...
USFWS declares victory over Nutria in Maryland
For over 20 years, wildlife managers have worked to remove nutria from the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland. Now, officials say they have succeeded in removing the invasive rodent from...
Going to the Annual Conference? Don’t forget to vote
If you’re going to the Annual Conference in Spokane, Washington, you may want to celebrate National Voter Registration Day first. The Wildlife Society is returning to an in-person conference this...
Climate change is disrupting bumblebee communities
A warming climate is contributing to the decline of some alpine bumblebees and moving some subalpine populations to higher elevations. Historically in the Rocky Mountains, two species of bumblebees stayed...
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Manatees have crossed over to the Pacific
The Panama Canal’s mosquito problem goes way back. In the early 20th century, workers digging the massive trench across Panama died in the tens of thousands from yellow fever and...
Q&A: Can hunters help monitor scavengers?
A video of bobcats and coyotes tearing into a bloody, rotting carcass isn’t usually inspirational. But when researchers Katharine Stone and Michael McTee were looking to learn more about the...
Wildlife Vocalizations: Morgan Mark
Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. Every time I step through my front door, a plaque in my foyer...
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