Tag: wildlife biologist

January 8, 2019

TWS member shares her journey to wildlife biology

TWS member Asia Murphy knew she wanted to study wildlife since she was a child, when she watched nature documentaries on television. As a wildlife biologist, she has studied a...

May 4, 2016

Misconceptions, challenges of wildlife biology profession

One thing sportsmen should know about wildlife biologists is that they aren’t out of touch with hunters and landowners — they just simply ­cannot be everywhere all the time, according...

February 3, 2016

A member’s message to students: Biometrics, revolutions and job opportunities

The wildlife discipline is actually quite broad, with a number of subject areas in which students are expected to become proficient, including such diverse topics as field skills, natural history,...

November 23, 2015

TWS Member Receives National Park Service Award

Steve Windels, a wildlife biologist at Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota and a member of The Wildlife Society, recently received the 2014 National Park Service’s Director’s Award for Natural Resource...