Amid pandemic, wildlife research is ‘just not the same’
COVID-19 has affected everyone, and wildlifers are no exception. In this series, TWS is looking at challenges facing the profession due to the pandemic. Measures to contain the novel coronavirus...
TWS member Jason Suckow named NWRC director
TWS member Jason Suckow has been named the new director of Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Suckow — a Certified Wildlife Biologist — spent his...
Saskatchewan reintroduction sees historic bison birth
For the first time since 1876, a wild bison calf has been born on the landscape of what is now Wanuskewin Heritage Park, an Indigenous-run conservation area in Saskatchewan. The...
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Pandemic response impacts illegal wildlife trade
Measures to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus have had mixed results on global wildlife poaching. Restrictions on movement and tighter border security have reduced the transportation of illegal...
Hurricanes can shape lizard evolution
The winds of change blow strongly on the toepads of lizards most frequently caught in the paths of hurricanes. A new study on nearly 200 anole species across the Caribbean...
USFWS revises critical habitat proposals for garters, cuckoo
Critical habitat designations that would reduce the critical habitat for two species of garter snakes in the southwestern United States are moving forward — seven years after being originally proposed....
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Amid pandemic, TWS urges consideration of biodiversity in wildlife trade
The Wildlife Society joined more than 250 conservation and development experts and organizations from around the world in writing to the heads of the World Health Organization, the United Nations...
Automated recorders detect secretive marsh birds
Standing over a foot tall and covered in brown mottled feathers, the king rail is hard to track down amid the marshy reeds where it spends most of its time....
This pandemic is for the birds
As people have hunkered down at home, they’re turning to the birds in their backyards for entertainment. Birdwatching is seeing a big boost, the Associated Press reports. Downloads of popular...
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