Georgia sea turtles reach nesting record
Georgia is seeing a record number of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Biologists have counted more than 3,960 nests along the coast since May. That’s 10 more than the...
Q&A: Heat may provide wildlife with thermal refuge from cats
While invasive species have a massive negative impact on native species and ecosystems around the world, one species stands out both in its overall impact to small wildlife and its...
New database tracks coronavirus in wildlife
A new database provides researchers a central place to see what species have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. This information can be useful for scientists...
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Temperature affects more than just survival
As the climate changes, researchers often focus on how temperature may affect a species’ ability to survive. But survival isn’t the only concern. Changing temperatures could affect species’ ability to...
Steeve Côté named Wildlife Monographs editor-in-chief
New Wildlife Monographs’s editor-in-chief Steeve Côté brings a new vision to the long-running journal. An ecology professor at Université Laval in Quebec, Côté has taken over the position previously held...
JWM: What strategies protect vireo nests from cowbird parasitism?
When it comes to raising chicks, brown-headed cowbirds have a strategy that would infuriate helicopter parents—they let other species do it. Female cowbirds visit the nests of typically smaller songbirds...
Student Wildlife Adventure Program wins Diversity Award
When Daryl Ratajczak first moved out west to New Mexico from Tennessee, where he had worked for two decades, he was amazed by the wildlife and natural landscapes. He quickly...
Darkness may play a key role in healthy ecosystems
Artificial light can be problematic for wildlife. Office lights can send migrating birds flying into the windows of skyscrapers. Turtle hatchlings can follow lights away from the sea instead of...
WSB: Hurricanes affect wild turkey survival, movement
Throughout the duration of a hurricane, wild turkey mortality likely increases, and the fowl may use their ranges differently. David Moscicki, a TWS member and graduate research associate in wildlife...
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