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Retired wildlife leaders decry firings as ‘existential threat’

Former leaders warn that firings will cause widespread and long-lasting consequences for wildlife management across North America

Read Now March 14, 2025
April 2, 2025

JWM: Invasive Indian mongoose bounce back after removal

Pregnant, nursing and lactating mongooses fully replenish populations within two months of removal—likely bad news for rabies transmission

April 2, 2025

Bonelli’s eagles recover in Catalonia

Despite problems in other regions, some parts of Spain are seeing a rebound in eagle numbers

April 1, 2025

Bobcats and people coexist in Tucson

To learn more about urban bobcats, researchers had to also work with people

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June 21, 2021

Researcher captive rears unknown cicada species in her potted plant

The serendipitous appearance of a cicada exoskeleton on a potted porch plant isn’t the typical cause for excitement for most people. But for Annette Aiello, a staff entomologist at the...

June 21, 2021

Here’s what’s happening in the North Central Section: Part 2

Below is a summary of recent student chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the section’s Spring 2021 newsletter. The newsletter includes...

June 21, 2021

TWS member Steve Berendzen named outstanding refuge manager

TWS member Steve Berendzen, refuge manager at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Alaska, received the 2021 outstanding refuge manager award from the National Wildlife Refuge Association. The award...

June 17, 2021

TWS approves Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Vision document

This month, The Wildlife Society Council approved a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Vision document to help shape and guide TWS operations now and into the future. This is an...

June 17, 2021

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...

June 17, 2021

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...

June 17, 2021

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...

June 16, 2021

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...

June 16, 2021

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...