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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...
Salamander egg color reveals evolutionary forces at play
Poking through ponds in the northeastern U.S. when he was a child, Sean Giery remembers coming across different colors of spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) eggs — some that were clear and...
Translocating bears doesn’t reduce their survival
Translocating nuisance black bears doesn’t affect their survival, researchers found, giving support to the use of the technique to avoid conflicts with people. “I think that it’s important to recognize...
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...
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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...
Wikipedia page views help determine biodiversity awareness
When people want to know the answer to a question, they increasingly turn to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. So when researchers wanted to understand people’s awareness of biodiversity, they went...
How can managers help ungulates cross fences?
Wildlife managers may be able to give long-ranging ungulates in the West greater land access by making key changes to fencing. “Fences have been in human civilization for so long,...
Colorado bat swarms may be vulnerable to white-nose syndrome
As humans continue to social distance to stop the spread of COVID-19, swarms of bats in Colorado haven’t taken the hint that gathering together could facilitate the spread of a...