Recovering wild condors maintain high genetic diversity
As wildlife biologists help return California condors to the wild, researchers found the recovering population has surprisingly high genetic diversity, which offers some good news for a species that has...
Watch: Dogs travel the country to sniff out box turtles
Box turtles can be hard to spot in the wild, but not for a group of specially trained spaniels. John Rucker travels across the country with his Boykin spaniels to...
The Wildlife Society and partners comment on incidental take permits
The Wildlife Society and partners are calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a new incidental take permit system that would minimize harm to birds while also...
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First wild wolf pups born in Colorado in 80 years
As Colorado wildlife officials prepare to reintroduce wolves to the state, the canids seem to be taking on the job themselves. A pair of gray wolves (Canis lupus) that wandered...
Oil, gas development changes caribou migration
Woodland mountain caribou in western Alberta change their yearly migration behavior during the winter months in an attempt to cope with increasing habitat loss to energy development. But while the...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ordered to reconsider walrus listing
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not adequately support its decision not to list the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) under the Endangered Species Act, a federal court ruled...
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Vancouver Island faces growing lizard problems
After being released from a private zoo in 1970, common wall lizards are surging on Vancouver Island. “This is a lizard that shouldn’t be here,” Gavin Hanke, curator of vertebrate...
Removing rats helps islands and reefs, even in short term
After just over a decade of being rat free, islands in the Indian Ocean are already showing signs of more seabirds and more nutrients that come from them. Several years...
Here’s what’s happening in the North Central Section: Part 1
Below is a summary of recent chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the section’s Spring 2021 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates...
