After surveying managers and conservationists, a researcher who has documented bison shrinking due to climate change is proposing a network for bison stakeholders to share their knowledge. “What we propose is to increase information exchange …
Researchers are recruiting wildlife biologists to contribute to the second year of a project to collect camera trap images to inform scientists about mammals across the United States. Organizers say the Snapshot USA project is …
Because released and escaped exotic pets are a big contributor to the establishment of invasive species in Florida, researchers found engaging and gaining the trust of the owners of exotic pets is important in stopping …
What constitutes an endangered species? Researchers recently surveyed 1,000 Americans to find out what parameters they think a species should reach to be considered endangered. They specifically looked at how much loss a species needs …
When TWS members conducted a study in 1998 to assess what wildlife conservation professionals, including TWS members, valued, they were already detecting a shift. A lot has changed in the world since 1998, including …
Collecting distribution information for elusive species can be a challenge, but researchers wanted to find the best, most cost-effective way to do so. In a case study published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, researchers looked …
The Union of Concerned Scientists surveyed scientists in 16 federal agencies to gauge the role of science in the current administration. The results appear in a new report, Science Under Trump: Voices of Scientists across …
Over 70 percent of land in the continental United States is privately held, so the support of private landowners is crucial for wildlife habitat conservation. Researchers recently found that personalized outreach to private property owners …
Who needs drones when you have flies? Traditional survey methods can be expensive and difficult to conduct, but a team of researchers found studying carrion flies can reveal which mammals live in a given habitat. …
This past September in Meeteetse, Wyoming, biologists panned spotlights over a moonlit prairie dog town. Each flash of emerald eyeshine marked a captive-bred ferret living wild in its ancestral home. “Once you see ferret eyeshine, it’s …
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