Search Results for: wild horse

March 7, 2022

TWS2021: Dredged material provides nesting areas for birds

Sediment dredged from the bottom of estuaries to improve shipping passages for boats can be formed into good island nesting habitat for coastal birds like black skimmers. Black skimmers are...

March 3, 2022

TWS journals: A new look & top downloads of 2021

You may have noticed a few changes to the appearance of The Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Monographs and Wildlife Society Bulletin. After more than a decade without a change...

December 20, 2021

Coronavirus, powerful predators and an island of rats

If 2021 was supposed to bring a respite from the coronavirus, it didn’t quite work out that way. The virus continued to dominate the news, and for readers of wildlife.org,...

November 18, 2021

By cleaning up carcasses, hyenas also reduce disease

Hyenas aren’t the most popular species, but in one Ethiopian town, they may be reducing the spread of diseases from dead animals to people and livestock. When their livestock dies,...

November 3, 2021

What’s happening Thursday at TWS’ Virtual Conference

Thursday brings a full day of activities at the TWS 2021 Annual Conference. Fill out your itinerary from a wide range of symposia, presentations, poster sessions, panels, working group meetings...

August 26, 2021

BLM reconsiders mineral extraction on 10 million acres

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is reconsidering preventing new mining, drilling or other mineral extraction in areas identified as important for sage-grouse management. The agency’s 2015 plan for management...

August 25, 2021

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...

June 1, 2021

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...

May 24, 2021

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...

April 30, 2021

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...