Rabies spikes among Texas cattle, likely due to skunks
Rabies appears to be on the rise among cattle in Texas. Biologists believe the disease, which can spread quickly through herds, is being spread by skunks. The ...
COVID-19
Whooping crane efforts resume after COVID cutbacks
Efforts to restore endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) to the wild have resumed after COVID-19 precautions brought the program nearly to a halt. Fourteen ...
Can wildlife science help track COVID-19 in humans?
The ability to track an emerging infectious disease quickly and accurately within a population is a critical piece of the public health response. For example, mask ...
Wildlife entangled in COVID litter
A fish caught up in a latex glove. A fox entangled in a face mask. A penguin with one in its stomach. From Brazil to Malaysia, researchers have cataloged incidents ...
The March/April issue of The Wildlife Professional
The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely research news ...
White-tailed deer can get coronavirus but show mild symptoms
In the year since the novel coronavirus erupted in North America, biologists have gotten a better sense of what impacts the virus could have on the continent’s ...
Apes receive experimental coronavirus vaccine
As biologists worry about the potential for the virus that causes COVID-19 to spread to wildlife, the San Diego Zoo is using an experimental vaccine for several ...
WHO investigators seek COVID-19’s wildlife origins
Researchers are trying to zero in on the origin of COVID-19, but many questions remain, even after international investigators traveled to China to gain a better ...
Black-footed ferret COVID-19 vaccination seems to be working
Two-thirds of captive-bred black-footed ferrets have been vaccinated for the novel coronavirus, and not a single one of the endangered mustelids is known so far to ...
Captive cougar tests positive for coronavirus
The first cougar (Puma concolor) in the United States has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. The cat and several other ...