Interior lifts hunting restrictions on Alaska preserves
The Department of the Interior announced last week that it would amend regulations regarding hunting and trapping in Alaska’s national preserves by allowing some harvest methods that were prohibited by...
Partners in Flight sees past success, future challenges
In the 1980s, biologists Chan Robbins and John Sauer reached a startling conclusion. Studying data from the Breeding Bird Survey — a project Robbins pioneered — they found birds that...
TWS annual conference to go virtual
The Wildlife Society’s 2020 Annual Conference is going virtual. As a result of the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, TWS has decided to suspend this year’s in-person event in...
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A message from The Wildlife Society
The Wildlife Society strives to ensure that all are welcome, heard and respected. Recent events in the United States have highlighted the continued racial injustice and inequity in our society....
What animals can catch the new coronavirus?
Which species can catch the novel coronavirus? That’s a question researchers are trying to answer as they try to determine what wildlife, pets and domesticated animals may be susceptible —...
Wild Cam: Predators stress mountain goats
Frederic Dulude-de Broin sat on top of a mountain in the Canadian Rockies with a telescope, waiting above the forested valleys for mountain goats on the alpine peaks to take...
TWS urges action on conservation legislation
The Wildlife Society recently expressed support for two pieces of legislation that would support wildlife and natural resources, and asked that lawmakers either include both bills in a future stimulus...
Black Birders Week celebrates diversity in naturalists
Birders and bird researchers have declared this week as Black Birders Week. Starting May 31, organizers of the weeklong event aim to increase the visibility of black birders across the...
As invasive watersnakes spread, trapping them is tricky
Over the past decades, common watersnakes have invaded California wetlands, and their range keeps expanding farther and farther south. As this happens, managers worry these nonnatives could affect native species...
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