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Arctic mammals respond to changing climate
To understand how Arctic species might respond to climate change, researchers dug into how cold-adapted species responded between previous ice ages. Biologists had concluded that as massive ice sheets retreated,...
Conservation efforts aiding sea turtles in Congo
Two decades of conservation efforts have benefited sea turtles in the Republic of Congo. In a study of nesting trends in the country, researchers found olive ridley sea turtle numbers...
Avian flu takes surprising toll in the wild
Avian influenza has led to the deaths of tens of millions of chickens and turkeys in the U.S., but for wildlife biologists, the flu’s impacts on wild bird populations are...
Using sound, bird ID app opens a door for citizen scientists
Biologists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology knew their BirdNET app was popular. Since they rolled it out, over 2.2 million people have used it to identify birds by their...
House committee approves bill to support wildlife refuges
The House Committee on Natural Resources unanimously approved a bill to support the National Wildlife Refuge System’s educational and volunteer programs in a June 15 markup. The Keep America’s Refuges...
TWS Annual Conference Registration now OPEN!
Join us in Spokane, Washington, November 6-10 for our first in-person conference since 2019! Click the button below to register for The Wildlife Society’s 29th Annual Conference! Early registration closes...
Tribes help bring back declining caribou herd
If it weren’t for West Moberly First Nations and Salteau First Nations, the Klinse-Za caribou herd in central Columbia may not even exist anymore. The number of Klinse-Za southern mountain...
America’s Natural Resource Professionals Commend Passage of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
June 14, 2022 – Today, fisheries and wildlife professionals from across the United States are celebrating the bipartisan House passage of groundbreaking legislation to conserve our nation’s fish and wildlife....
New study suggests monarchs aren’t so imperiled
Concerns about monarch butterfly populations have made them contenders for Endangered Species Act protections, but a new study contradicts those fears, finding that monarchs are not in as much trouble...
WSB: Little brown bats at low risk of catching coronavirus
Increasing rates of vaccination among wildlife managers and mask use has likely reduced the risk of transmission of coronavirus from humans to the bats they work with. Bats can carry...