Seventy-five species to be added to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add 75 species to the list of bird species covered by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The agency will also remove eight species....
2020 NARA project matches announced
The Native American Research Assistantship (NARA) Program, made possible by the Premier Partner relationship between the U.S. Forest Service and The Wildlife Society, has selected Elizabeth Hotchkiss to participate this...
Reviving once extirpated Guam birds
Colored in drab brown with zebra-like stripes across its breast and standing about a foot tall, the Guam rail that zookeepers call Tasi isn’t much to look at in first...
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Close human-wildlife contact means more possible disease spread
Habitat degradation, wildlife exploitation and wildlife adaptation to anthropogenic resources all put animals in closer contact with people, which researchers say help zoonotic diseases — like the novel coronavirus —...
Climate change could lead to sudden extinctions
A recent study published in Nature suggests that climate change could cause sudden die-offs of species, starting in the next decade. “For a long time things can seem OK and...
The April issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management
The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...
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Plague infects Yellowstone cougars
Cougars in the United States have been contracting the same bacteria that causes the disease that killed a number of the people throughout the world in the mid-14th century, the...
WSB: How to best use acoustic monitoring to survey flying squirrels
Trapping elusive flying squirrels isn’t easy — some research shows biologists have just a 1% success rate. Nest boxes are another option, but they sometimes have to be deployed for...
Without humans around, wildlife expands its horizons
While some reports of wildlife running amok as people locked down were false, it seems some animals are taking advantage of the lack of people out and about. In Brazil,...
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