Successful Rainforest Protection Much Like Speed Control
Putting the brakes on deforestation works best when treated the same way police enforce speed limits on highways, according to research on Brazilian jungle: Give them a ticket. “Forest law...
TWS Weighs in on Invasives Case
The United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) has filed litigation against the U.S. Department of the Interior over the determination of eight nonnative constrictor snakes as injurious species under...
Synchronicity in Wildlife: When All of Nature Aligns
Complex theories of synchronicity used to explain certain phenomena in physics now have been applied to wildlife patterns in an attempt to better understand how climate change and other factors...
On the Road with UMaine Student Chapter
The University of Maine Student Chapter of TWS is very active at all levels of TWS. Student members have spent much of the 2014-2015 academic year traveling to several conferences...
TWS Attends Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting
The Wildlife Society and the National Horse & Burro Rangeland Management Coalition provided testimony to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting this...
A Look at the Environment on the 45th Earth Day
Today, people across the country are celebrating the 45th Earth Day—an annual holiday for honoring our planet. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, there have been environmental improvements including...
Nuclear Radiation Impacts Fukushima Birds
Some birds in highly radioactive areas of Fukushima in eastern Japan have dropped significantly in numbers over the four years since the nuclear disaster occurred. In 2011, radioactive material began...
One Step Closer to Limited Bear Hunting in Florida
Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a proposal for limited bear hunting at a recent meeting where they discussed ways to manage the state’s thriving population...
President’s Podium, April 2015
The Rites of Spring, and Why Do Wildlife Matter? Spring has definitely sprung in Prairie Canada, seemingly much earlier than in the past few years. We generally wintered well in...
