What drove coyotes to kill a hiker in a Canadian park?
When a 19-year-old woman was killed by coyotes in a Canadian park in 2009, she became the only known coyote attack fatality in North America. What prompted coyotes to behave...
Watch: Interior embarks on largest dam removal in U.S. history
Federal officials are preparing to remove four dams along the Klamath River to improve the watershed along the California-Oregon state line. “Clean water, healthy forests and fertile land made the...
The December issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin
The Wildlife Society Bulletin is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published four times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management and...
What’s good for biologists is good for wildlife
Hanging out of airplanes with net launchers. Climbing trees to peer into bird nests. Crawling into bear dens. Wildlife biologists get to do some pretty cool things. But their envy-invoking...
TWS endorses grasslands conservation effort
The Wildlife Society recently joined partners in endorsing the Northern American Grasslands Conservation Act (S.4639), legislation that would help conserve U.S. grassland ecosystems. The bill would establish a North American...
JWM: Size contributes most to wild pig reproduction success
Wild pigs are an invasive species that doesn’t really have a native range in the world, given that they are mostly a cross between Eurasian boars and domestic pig breeds....
Suburban cats pay the price for slinking into coyote territory
When 72 cat deaths in a Southern California community were attributed to coyotes within 18 months, it left biologists befuddled. Past research suggested that domestic cats typically make up less...
Can gene editing wipe out invasive island mice?
Editing the genes of invasive mice could drive them to extinction on islands where they’ve become established within 25 years, researchers found. By using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, researchers believe...
Navy sonar disturbs Blainville’s beaked whale foraging
Blainville’s beaked whales rely heavily on echolocation to track down prey during deep dives under the ocean’s surface. They use clicks to locate squid hundreds of meters down, sometimes diving...
