TWS2021: Old bison horns can reveal lost ecological information
Long before wildlife managers struggled to translocate bison to new areas in an effort to recover lost herds, the giant bovines wandered across vast stretches of North America. While most...
TWS2021: Dredged material provides nesting areas for birds
Sediment dredged from the bottom of estuaries to improve shipping passages for boats can be formed into good island nesting habitat for coastal birds like black skimmers. Black skimmers are...
Searching for rare species in a forbidding environment
New techniques are giving biologists better tools to detect wildlife in some of the world’s most isolated locations. That includes underground water systems that host species that are poorly understood...
TWS2021: Cheat Mountain salamanders losing ground to climate
A rare salamander, endemic only to a few high elevation mountain tops in West Virginia, may lose all of its high-quality habitats by the end of the century due to...
In Albany, N.Y., gathering flocks are nothing to crow about
In the spring, Albany, New York, becomes home to thousands of crows. The noise and mess isn’t exactly welcomed by neighbors. So biologists with USDA-Wildlife Services is working to disperse...
Larger farms have less bird biodiversity
The Iron Curtain is more than just a bit of Cold War history. The imaginary line across Europe has left a legacy on the landscape in many ways. One is...
TWS journals: A new look & top downloads of 2021
You may have noticed a few changes to the appearance of The Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Monographs and Wildlife Society Bulletin. After more than a decade without a change...
JWM: Forest treatments favors nightjar abundance
In the Missouri Ozarks, you can hear Chuck-will’s-widows and eastern whip-poor-wills more often than you see them—especially on a full moon. These nightjar species are mostly active at night or...
Scientists find first possible case of COVID-19 transmission from deer to human
A new study in preprint reported the first potential case of a deer passing the novel coronavirus to a human. Researchers say they found no evidence of an elevated risk...
