Bob Lanka wins TWS Special Recognition Award
The Wildlife Society has awarded Bob Lanka with the Special Recognition Award for a “Herculean effort” to update and improve the society’s bylaws for new generations of wildlifers. Lanka, a...
Amphibian conservation needs more than a biodiversity focus
Being the last surviving species of their genus or family and living in imperiled ecosystem types are important factors for scientists to consider when setting aside land for amphibian conservation...
First U.S. ferret with COVID-19 confirmed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the first case of SARS-CoV-19 in a ferret in the United States. Wildlife workers tested the ferret...
Climate warming changes bird migration timing and body size
Climate change has likely caused migratory birds’ bodies to get smaller and their wings to get longer over the years, and the timing of their migrations has shifted substantially. Researchers...
A RADical idea for managing the ecosystems of the future
As ecosystems face a gauntlet of pressures that are reshaping how they function in the future, managers are left trying to figure out how to respond. While actions often revolve...
Special cameras can better detect invasive pythons
Cameras tuned to detect near-infrared wavelengths can help wildlife managers and others hunt down invasive Burmese pythons. A new study published recently in Applied Optics shows that near-infrared spectrum cameras...
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For actionable science, scientists and managers should work together
To produce science that can be implemented and make changes in conservation and management, researchers say managers, scientists and other stakeholders should work together from the beginning, even developing together...
BLM withdraws cattle from tortoise habitat in California
The Bureau of Land Management reversed its recent decision to allow a rancher to move cattle through Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat on federal lands in the California Desert...
Watch: Cottonmouth snakes battle for dominance
They may not be able to perform a leg lock, but male cottonmouths will still wrestle for their mates. Wildlife manager Matthew Moore with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources...
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