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Environmental groups challenge jumping mouse management
The U.S. Forest Service should do more to protect the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) in New Mexico and Arizona, argues a new lawsuit filed earlier...
In nature documentaries, zoom in on conservation — not drama
The cameras were on David, a male chimpanzee fighting with others over females. He gets pretty battered, even losing a finger, while the music turns somber and the lighting fades...
WSB: Tracking feral swine sounders
Researchers are determined to learn as much as they can about feral pigs’ group dynamics by developing special tools to track dozens of individuals at a time. Feral swine (Sus...
TWS comments on USFS Rangeland Management Directives
Livestock grazing on national grasslands and forests can affect wildlife populations and habitats across the nation, The Wildlife Society stressed in a comment on the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed changes...
Wolves have been resilient since the Pleistocene
The climate began to change drastically in Yukon at the same time that a new invasive species was spreading across the continent, outcompeting large mammals that lived there and driving...
Grizzlies use the same Yellowstone trails as people
Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park prefer to save energy by traveling on flatter paths — the same places park visitors like to hike. Researchers wanted to find out more...
Agencies agree to jumping mouse protections
The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse will receive more habitat protections on national forests in eastern Arizona, under a recent court case settlement agreement. In a case filed in February...
Scientists clone first black-footed ferret
The number of black-footed ferrets, North America’s most endangered mammal, has just grown by one. Scientists have successfully cloned the species, a first for any native, endangered animal species in...
Challenge to meadow jumping mouse habitat designation denied
A U.S. federal district court judge dismissed a 2018 lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2016 designation of critical habitat for the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus...
Tom Ryder earns 2020 Honorary Membership
Tom Ryder was in his first year in college when he first learned about The Wildlife Society. “I stumbled across this gray journal in the dusty old bookshelves of the...