For fire-dependent woodpeckers, megafires are too intense
Species like the black-backed woodpecker historically have relied on landscapes shaped by high-intensity forest fires, but researchers recently found the intense ...
California
Crossing a California freeway, a mountain lion finds new ground
The National Park Service has documented a rare case of a mountain lion crossing a major California freeway that runs past the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s the ...
Watch: Temperature drives internal clock for monarchs
When monarch butterflies overwinter in central Mexico and along the California coast, they spend much of the time dormant to help with their winter survival before ...
USFWS delays request to poison mice on Farallon Islands
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has temporarily withdrawn a request to use toxicants to eliminate invasive mice from the Farallon Islands off the coast of ...
Why did a pesticide kill goldfinches?
Wildlife researchers in California had a mystery. On March 17, 2017, residents in a part of the town of Modesto reported a number of dead goldfinches (Spinus ...
Fungus that causes WNS detected for first time in California
The fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected for the first time in California, although officials say they have seen no ...
Lead ammunition banned for hunting wildlife in California
Lead ammunition is now banned for hunting wildlife in California. The new regulation is actually the final phase of a California law passed in 2013. The regulation ...
Tire “dummies” can help conservationist track dead sea otters
What does a sea otter and half a car tire have in common? They both float to the same places. Researchers looking for a way to better track possible sea otter ...
Rice fields help threatened California snakes
Federally threatened garter snakes in California are using flooded rice paddies as refuges, but irregular management practices may limit the help these agricultural ...
Learn about eDNA with the Western Section
The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will host ‘Environmental DNA: A Practical Workshop’ July 29 to 31 at the Dangermond Preserve in Santa Barbara ...