What did Colossal Biosciences really create when they said they brought the dire wolf back from extinction, and what are the potential ecological and ethical implications of these creatures getting into the wild?

What looks like a harmless Etsy listing may be evidence of a global wildlife crime. A U.S. butterfly smuggler who trafficked thousands of rare butterflies is sentenced.

Dennie Mann has won TWS’ 2025 Special Recognition Service Award. Awarded every year to those who make outstanding contributions to the wildlife profession, Mann has worked for more than half a century in the wildlife profession.

TWS has selected 10 new fellows for their excellence in service to the society and the wildlife profession. These individuals will be recognized at the upcoming 2025 Annual Conference in Edmonton, Alberta.

In our latest in the Wildlife Vocalizations series, Aruã Y. de Castro Ferreira describes how ecologists inspired him to pivot from his job as a tour guide in the Brazilian Pantanal to studying in wetland ecology.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a reorganization that will likely reduce staffing department-wide and relocate regional research facilities to five hub locations across the U.S.

Watch for the September/October issue of The Wildlife Professional in your mailbox. The magazine features a cover story on the Athabasca oil sands and a special focus on urban wildlife conservation.

The Trump administration is moving to rescind the Public Lands Rule, which aimed to give conservation equal priority with other land uses on BLM lands.

Tarleton State University has won The Wildlife Society’s 2025 Student Chapter of the Year Award. The Tarleton Student Chapter of TWS gives its members a leg up in wildlife experience upon graduation.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is moving to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule— potentially limiting federal protections and shifting management of 44.7 million acres of forest lands to local control.

Janice Gardner, the executive director of Sageland Collaborative, has won the Jim McDonough Award for her superb leadership and commitment to uplifting wildlifers.

Alberta is a proudly rat-free province due to a combination of regulatory foresight and a well-devised system of wildlife management. Ahead of TWS’ 2025 conference in Edmonton, learn more about this unique success in pest control.

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, researchers found sex-reversed birds in five native Australian species, challenging long-held assumptions about bird biology.

Texas game wardens uncovered one of the largest deer smuggling operations in state history, exposing a black-market network tied to 1,200 charges and serious threats to wildlife health.

Christopher Rota and TJ Benson have won The Wildlife Society’s 2025 W.L. McAtee and G.V. Burger Award for Outstanding Service as an Associate Editor.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has expanded recreational hunting and fishing opportunities at 17 locations in 11 states in national wildlife refuges and hatcheries.

The Bird Conservancy of the Rockies took home The Wildlife Society’s 2025 Group Achievement Award. Their work in science, education and land stewardship benefits birds and their habitats across the region.

Scientists thought they knew what plant-eaters were dining on in Yellowstone. A new study bucks those assumptions.

Michelle Colbert won The Wildlife Society’s 2025 Jay N. “Ding” Darling Memorial Award for Wildlife Stewardship Through Art. Her artwork vividly portrays working longleaf pine ecosystems in the U.S. Southeast.  

President Trump signed executive orders to end DEI work in the federal government and beyond. Some lawyers claim the orders are too vague and violate the U.S. Constitution, setting the stage for a case likely destined for the Supreme Court.

Rainbow snakes are likely declining in Florida due to the loss of habitat, less prey and fungal disease. The state wildlife agency is looking for public sighting reports to improve their knowledge of the secretive reptile.

The costs and benefits of food plots were a hot topic in the 1980s. Now, new research using advanced statistical methods offers fresh insight, revealing trade-offs and potential benefits previously overlooked.

Researchers are using AI-powered cameras to monitor dense seabird colonies with unprecedented accuracy. Read the full story 👉  https://wildlife.org/ai-cracks-the-code-to-monitor-mixed-bird-colonies/

A leader in bridging waterfowl research and management, Fred Johnson has been awarded the 2025 Caesar Kleberg Award for Excellence in Applied Wildlife Research.

A new survey from The Wildlife Society, along with 13 other scientific societies, groups and organizations, assesses some of the initial impacts of the Trump administration’s sweeping federal policy changes.

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Back from the brink, osprey are declining once again in the Chesapeake Bay. Overfishing may be to blame.

The Southwest Wisconsin Chronic Wasting Disease, Deer and Predator Study has won TWS’ Wildlife Restoration Award in the Wildlife Research and Surveys categories.

For the latest in our Wildlife Vocalizations series, Analorena Cifuentes-Rincon discusses how her mother’s work as a nurse growing up inspired her to pursue a career in wildlife. Read Analorena's full story 👉

Research reveals that every dolphin tested contained microplastics, including newborn calves, suggesting they are passed from mother to calf in the womb. 

Leslie Burger has won TWS’ 2025 Excellence in Education Award. The award celebrates sustained exemplary teaching and contributions to the improvement of wildlife education.

TWS has created a new resource detailing what the Big Beautiful Bill means for conservation funding and the implementation of federal wildlife policy. Read more 👇

Colorado’s cottontail rabbits carry a century-old virus that causes horn-like tumors, inspiring both myths and scientific breakthroughs. Read more 👇

Join us *this* Thursday for a free webinar titled "Animating the Carbon Cycle" 🌱🦉 Learn more and register here 👉 https://wildlife.org/events/event/animating-the-carbon-cycle/

Roadsides offer huge potential for pollinator use, benefiting imperiled species like monarch butterflies. But do bits of tire and the microplastics they contain create an ecological trap for these insects?

Climate-stressed polar bears are aging faster than their forefathers. Researchers have found a new tool that can measure cumulative stress. 

The Wildlife Society’s 2025 Distinguished Service Awards have been selected. Finck, Howard Clark Jr. and Scott Williams have been granted the honor due to their long careers of outstanding service.

A new study finds that zoos produce more male endangered animals than females. That could cause problems for conservation, especially when it comes to captive breeding.

A new era takes flight in 2026. 🦉 Get ready—you’ll see more soon.

The Wildlife Society has joined the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration as a supporting partner, forming a member-led coalition to contribute wildlife expertise to global restoration efforts. Read more 👇

The Wildlife Society has named its Alberta Chapter the 2025 Chapter of the Year. The chapter stood out due to its commitment to diversity and student programming.

A judge has upheld the decision to downlist the American burying beetle, the largest carrion beetle in North America, from endangered to threatened.

Elisabeth Teige’s work on lesser prairie-chickens earned her the Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Scholarship. She has put nearly a decade of work into understand how grasslands impact their populations.

In San Diego—what should be a hot spot for pollinator diversity—honey bees outnumber native bees 50 to one. Invasive honey bees consume 80% of a flower’s pollen in the first day, giving them a wing up. Read more 👇

Can penguin poop chill the planet? Gas released from Adélie penguin poop may increase cloud formation in Antarctica, generating a feedback loop that could help mitigate climate change.

Please join us in congratulating our 2025 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award winner, Terry Bowyer! Read more about his lifetime of contributions here 👉 https://wildlife.org/terry-bowyer-wins-aldo-leopold-memorial-award/

Swift foxes were extirpated from many parts of their range in western states and provinces. Wildlife managers tracked a population reintroduced to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana.

Researchers discovered hundreds of dead and twitching monarchs near a protective sanctuary in California. Could pesticides be to blame for the 2024 deaths? Read more 👇 https://wildlife.org/pesticides-could-be-to-blame-for-mass-monarch-die-off/

Wetlands, birds and outdoor enthusiasts all stand to benefit from a major new investment in habitat conservation. Read more 👇

Did you know 20 tons of invasive Burmese pythons have been removed from the Everglades since 2013? Read the full story 👇