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Putting googly eyes on buoys can save seabirds
Adding a pair of google eyes to a buoy can help deter seabirds from getting tangled in fishing gear. Gillnets particularly damage 400,000 seabirds a year. The birds can smell...
Successful translocations produce intended ecological results
Translocations have overwhelmingly produced the types of results that wildlife managers intended, according to a new review. Whether it’s bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) being shifted back into montane ecological niches...
Bison reintroduction considered in Montana refuge
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering reintroducing bison to the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in central Montana, beginning with consulting with tribes and other stakeholders about...
Hunting and fishing opportunities to be expanded at refuges
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to introduce or expand hunting and fishing opportunities across 2.1 million acres at 90 National Wildlife Refuges and one national fish hatchery. Last...
Migratory Bird Treaty Act rule to be revoked
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to formally revoke a final rule published in January by the former U.S. administration, which aimed to limit the scope of the Migratory...
A Chicago group releases feral cats to target rats
In Chicago, an organization is trying to address the city’s rat problem by releasing feral cats onto the streets. The Tree House Humane Society says it has released 1,000 feral...
In the Keys, does go high while fawns go low
When researchers set up camera traps in the lower Florida Keys, they were focused on the effects of feral cats on endangered marsh rabbits. But when key deer wandered in...
JWM: Giraffes develop life-long social groups
Female giraffes may eat from the same trees and drink from the same waterholes, but that doesn’t mean they necessarily come from the same social community. Masai giraffes’ behaviors are...
Narwhals increasingly exposed to mercury
Narwhal tusks can tell researchers a lot about the marine mammals’ feeding habits and exposure to dangerous chemicals. “They’re kind of like tree rings,” said Jean-Pierre Desforges, a postdoctoral research...
TWS proposes overhaul of bylaws
Other than a few minor amendments here and there, The Wildlife Society’s bylaws haven’t had any major revisions since the 1970s. But as times have changed, and the way the...