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Insectivorous birds consume as much energy as NYC
Insectivorous birds, which make up more than 6,000 species around the world, use as much energy as a megacity the size of New York, according to new research. In a...
JWM: Is Australia’s croc success killing humans across sea?
Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) have rebounded in northern Australia, but the swelling populations may be creating problems across the Timor Sea to the north, where the young nation of Timor-Leste...
Simpler rabies test a ‘game changer’ in remote spots
Rabies is a worldwide problem — a deadly disease affecting humans in much of the world and mostly wildlife in North America, but diagnosing it hasn’t been easy. It’s relied...
TWS Chapter meetings in September
Sections, Chapters, and Working Groups of The Wildlife Society hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled during the month of September: September 6-7, 2018:...
Interior, Wyoming work to protect mule deer corridor
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead announced they will prioritize the conservation of a mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) migration corridor in southwest Wyoming in the midst of...
Restoration of Pine-Oak Woodlands in Missouri — from The Wildlife Professional
Using Science to Inform Land Management Debates and Decisions On a warm July day in 2014, our group headed out to a field tour on the Mark Twain National...
If you can’t save everything, how do you choose?
If you can’t save all the endangered species in the world, which ones do you choose? It’s not an easy question for conservationists, but they do have a way to...
Flight attendants attempt to smuggle turtles into U.S.
Two China Eastern Airlines flight attendants tried to smuggle dozens of spotted (Clemmys guttata) and box turtles (Terrapene carolina) into China from Los Angeles. After Transportation Security Administration officials flagged...
‘Minibus’ carries Interior-Environment bill through Congress
The House of Representatives has passed a so-called ‘minibus’ package (H.R. 6147) containing the Interior-Environment and Financial Services-General Government appropriations bills. The White House released a statement expressing support for...
Proposed ESA changes brought to Senate
The Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works held a hearing on July 17 to discuss the draft language of the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018, a bill...