JWM: Trail cameras can help scientists estimate elephant density
At a shoulder height of nearly eight feet, an elephant may seem easy to spot. But these giant mammals are surprisingly cryptic in the forest ecosystems they occupy. As a...
Watch: Rare garden plants bring rare wildlife
Gardens often attract wildlife—whether the gardeners like it or not. And while people often don’t think about wildlife in cities, it turns out that urban gardens often attract more rare...
Australian report reveals environmental decline
Australia’s environment continues to decline and degrade due to factors including climate change and resource exploitation, according to the State of the Environment. The report, which occurs every five years,...
USFWS officially rescinds critical habitat rule
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has formally rescinded an Endangered Species Act rule promulgated by the Trump administration that changed the process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations....
Wildlife Vocalizations: Zeinab (Rose) Haidar
Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. My name is Zeinab, but I am best known as Rose. I have...
Coronavirus likely first spread to humans through wildlife market
COVID-19 almost certainly passed to humans in a Wuhan wildlife market at the end of 2019, according to a pair of new studies published in Science that used Chinese samples...
Kurt VerCauteren earns Caesar Kleberg Award
It’s hard to imagine Kurt VerCauteren’s work ever seeming more relevant than now. As project leader and supervisory research wildlife biologist with USDA Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Research Center, VerCauteren...
The August issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management
The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...
JWM: Some Appalachian salamanders deal with fire better than others
Mountain waterways may become refuges for salamanders after wildfires burn through parts of the Appalachian Mountains. “These riparian habitats are providing really important shelter areas for some of these species,...
