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...
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...
