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March 13, 2020

TWS student member receives Aldo Leopold Scholarship

Jade Arneson, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, recently became the first student at the university to earn the Aldo Leopold Memorial Scholarship. Arneson, a second year...

March 9, 2020

JWM: Delaying seismic surveying better for polar bear dens

Oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s North Slope would disturb fewer maternal denning polar bear mothers if start times are delayed during bear maternal denning periods and if den distribution...

March 6, 2020

WSB: Blueberries surprisingly important in wolf diet

Blueberries may play a more important role than previously believed in the diet of adult wolves and their pups. Biologists were tracking gray wolves (Canis lupus) near Voyageurs National Park...

March 6, 2020

JWM: Translocated horned lizards face new hurdles

Researchers working to translocate declining Texas horned lizards across parts of their former range are working to overcome challenges brought about by changes on the landscapes they once occupied. Texas...

March 3, 2020

Are Himalayan wolves a unique species?

A distinct type of wolf has made special adaptations to live in the highest mountains in Nepal, Tibet and other parts of the Himalaya, researchers found, prompting them to suggest...

March 3, 2020

Study questions effectiveness of polar bear detection tool

A tool that oil companies use to try to avoid harming or disturbing polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may not detect the bears in their dens as well as they were...

February 27, 2020

Interior releases updated sage-grouse plans

The Bureau of Land Management addressed a federal judge’s concerns regarding recent revisions to greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation plans by publishing six draft supplemental environmental impact statements last week....

February 26, 2020

Fieldnote: Tracking mammal presence through soil DNA

Researchers are using trace residues that mammals leave in soil to better detect which species are present in a given area. “It was really cool yet challenging to use the...

February 24, 2020

JWM: Reptiles may benefit under grouse conservation umbrella

Conservation measures aimed at improving sagebrush environments for sage-grouse are also benefitting native reptile species. “There’s convincing evidence that this umbrella species concept might work for reptiles quite well,” said...

February 19, 2020

As Montana grizzly numbers climb, so do bear deaths

The number of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) killed in train collisions, car accidents, poaching and the removal of troublesome bears remained at a record high last year in the...