The Wildlife Society
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Our mission is to empower wildlife professionals to advance conservation through science, community, and professional excellence. Visit us at wildlife.org
Your water bottle still has room for one more sticker 😉
From now until December 31st, any donation of $5 or more scores you an exclusive sticker of our newly redesigned logo!
Visit https://wildlife.org/sticker/ to support TWS today!
From now until December 31st, any donation of $5 or more scores you an exclusive sticker of our newly redesigned logo!
Visit https://wildlife.org/sticker/ to support TWS today!
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Your water bottle still has room for one more sticker 😉
From now until December 31st, any donation of $5 or more scores you an exclusive sticker of our newly redesigned logo!
Visit https://wildlife.org/sticker/ to support TWS today!
From now until December 31st, any donation of $5 or more scores you an exclusive sticker of our newly redesigned logo!
Visit https://wildlife.org/sticker/ to support TWS today!
New episode drop! 🎙️ This week on the Our Wild Lives Podcast, we talk with TWS member, Colleen Olfenbuttel about all things black bears. 🐻
She's got stories, insights and fun facts you don’t want to miss.
👉 Listen now:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2542693/episodes/18293927
She's got stories, insights and fun facts you don’t want to miss.
👉 Listen now:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2542693/episodes/18293927
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New episode drop! 🎙️ This week on the Our Wild Lives Podcast, we talk with TWS member, Colleen Olfenbuttel about all things black bears. 🐻
She's got stories, insights and fun facts you don’t want to miss.
👉 Listen now:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2542693/episodes/18293927
She's got stories, insights and fun facts you don’t want to miss.
👉 Listen now:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2542693/episodes/18293927
Need to know what to get the wildlifer in your life? Your holiday shopping just got a whole lot easier 👀
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Order by December 4 for shipments to arrive in time for the holidays 👉 https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-wildlife-society/
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Need to know what to get the wildlifer in your life? Your holiday shopping just got a whole lot easier 👀
Order by December 4 for shipments to arrive in time for the holidays 👉 https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-wildlife-society/
Order by December 4 for shipments to arrive in time for the holidays 👉 https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-wildlife-society/
Please join us for the webinar, "From Consultation to Collaboration: Centering Tribal Voices in Conservation," hosted by TWS Native Peoples' Wildlife Management Working Group!
Register 👉 https://wildlife.org/events/event/from-consultation-to-collaboration-centering-tribal-voices-in-conservation/
Register 👉 https://wildlife.org/events/event/from-consultation-to-collaboration-centering-tribal-voices-in-conservation/
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Please join us for the webinar, "From Consultation to Collaboration: Centering Tribal Voices in Conservation," hosted by TWS Native Peoples' Wildlife Management Working Group!
Register 👉 https://wildlife.org/events/event/from-consultation-to-collaboration-centering-tribal-voices-in-conservation/
Register 👉 https://wildlife.org/events/event/from-consultation-to-collaboration-centering-tribal-voices-in-conservation/
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/
Read the full story 👉 https://wildlife.org/ai-cracks-the-code-to-monitor-mixed-bird-colonies/
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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/
Read the full story 👉 https://wildlife.org/ai-cracks-the-code-to-monitor-mixed-bird-colonies/
🚨Our Summer Silent Auction will close Aug 31, 2025, at 11:45 PM EDT!🚨
Browse and bid now! 👉 https://givebutter.com/c/silentauctionTWS2025
Browse and bid now! 👉 https://givebutter.com/c/silentauctionTWS2025
August 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨Our Summer Silent Auction will close Aug 31, 2025, at 11:45 PM EDT!🚨
Browse and bid now! 👉 https://givebutter.com/c/silentauctionTWS2025
Browse and bid now! 👉 https://givebutter.com/c/silentauctionTWS2025
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/
Learn more and register here 👉 https://wildlife.org/events/event/animating-the-carbon-cycle/
August 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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/
Learn more and register here 👉 https://wildlife.org/events/event/animating-the-carbon-cycle/
A new era takes flight in 2026. 🦉
Get ready—you’ll see more soon.
Get ready—you’ll see more soon.
August 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A new era takes flight in 2026. 🦉
Get ready—you’ll see more soon.
Get ready—you’ll see more soon.
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/
August 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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/
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/
August 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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/
🎉 The TWS Summer Silent Auction is now OPEN! 🎉
With 40+ items up for bidding, including outdoor gear, travel packages, home & garden treats, and more - there’s something for everyone!
🛍️ Start browsing & bidding now: https://givebutter.com/c/silentauctionTWS2025/auction
With 40+ items up for bidding, including outdoor gear, travel packages, home & garden treats, and more - there’s something for everyone!
🛍️ Start browsing & bidding now: https://givebutter.com/c/silentauctionTWS2025/auction
August 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎉 The TWS Summer Silent Auction is now OPEN! 🎉
With 40+ items up for bidding, including outdoor gear, travel packages, home & garden treats, and more - there’s something for everyone!
🛍️ Start browsing & bidding now: https://givebutter.com/c/silentauctionTWS2025/auction
With 40+ items up for bidding, including outdoor gear, travel packages, home & garden treats, and more - there’s something for everyone!
🛍️ Start browsing & bidding now: https://givebutter.com/c/silentauctionTWS2025/auction
Red pandas in eastern Nepal live in a fragmented forest landscape. While restoration work is ongoing, researchers set up a study using trail cameras to best determine how to monitor their populations.
Read more here: https://wildlife.org/wild-cam-trail-cameras-reveal-elusive-red-pandas/
Read more here: https://wildlife.org/wild-cam-trail-cameras-reveal-elusive-red-pandas/
July 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Red pandas in eastern Nepal live in a fragmented forest landscape. While restoration work is ongoing, researchers set up a study using trail cameras to best determine how to monitor their populations.
Read more here: https://wildlife.org/wild-cam-trail-cameras-reveal-elusive-red-pandas/
Read more here: https://wildlife.org/wild-cam-trail-cameras-reveal-elusive-red-pandas/
Don't miss out on your chance to travel to TWS’ Annual Conference and engage in one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals in North America. Find out more information for this year’s class here: https://wildlife.org/npwmwg/professional-development-program/
July 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Don't miss out on your chance to travel to TWS’ Annual Conference and engage in one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals in North America. Find out more information for this year’s class here: https://wildlife.org/npwmwg/professional-development-program/
We will be hosting an artisan market during our upcoming annual conference in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton), October 6-8! 🎨
If you or someone you know would like to have a table as an Indigenous vendor or artist, please fill out the interest form: https://forms.gle/yVkXNTV3BjJ7dbbc8
If you or someone you know would like to have a table as an Indigenous vendor or artist, please fill out the interest form: https://forms.gle/yVkXNTV3BjJ7dbbc8
July 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We will be hosting an artisan market during our upcoming annual conference in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton), October 6-8! 🎨
If you or someone you know would like to have a table as an Indigenous vendor or artist, please fill out the interest form: https://forms.gle/yVkXNTV3BjJ7dbbc8
If you or someone you know would like to have a table as an Indigenous vendor or artist, please fill out the interest form: https://forms.gle/yVkXNTV3BjJ7dbbc8
Join us for a free webinar presented by The Wildlife Society's Biometrics Working Group! 🔬
Sign up at https://wildlife.org/events/event/thank-you-for-clustering-reducing-the-cost-of-wildlife-disease-science/
Sign up at https://wildlife.org/events/event/thank-you-for-clustering-reducing-the-cost-of-wildlife-disease-science/
July 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Join us for a free webinar presented by The Wildlife Society's Biometrics Working Group! 🔬
Sign up at https://wildlife.org/events/event/thank-you-for-clustering-reducing-the-cost-of-wildlife-disease-science/
Sign up at https://wildlife.org/events/event/thank-you-for-clustering-reducing-the-cost-of-wildlife-disease-science/
Did you hear? Early bird registration rates for #TWS2025 in Edmonton, Alberta, have been extended through July 15th! 🐦
Visit https://f.mtr.cool/lavckpzfrg for more details—we hope to see you this fall!
Visit https://f.mtr.cool/lavckpzfrg for more details—we hope to see you this fall!
July 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Did you hear? Early bird registration rates for #TWS2025 in Edmonton, Alberta, have been extended through July 15th! 🐦
Visit https://f.mtr.cool/lavckpzfrg for more details—we hope to see you this fall!
Visit https://f.mtr.cool/lavckpzfrg for more details—we hope to see you this fall!
There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to support the next generation of wildlife professionals and enter to WIN an epic outdoor bundle worth $5,000! 🐾
🎟️ Entries start at just $10!
🛑 Sweepstakes closes 6/30
📅 Winners announced 7/08
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/gakakoerci
🎟️ Entries start at just $10!
🛑 Sweepstakes closes 6/30
📅 Winners announced 7/08
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/gakakoerci
June 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to support the next generation of wildlife professionals and enter to WIN an epic outdoor bundle worth $5,000! 🐾
🎟️ Entries start at just $10!
🛑 Sweepstakes closes 6/30
📅 Winners announced 7/08
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/gakakoerci
🎟️ Entries start at just $10!
🛑 Sweepstakes closes 6/30
📅 Winners announced 7/08
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/gakakoerci
Flying into the weekend! 🪽
Image description: Trumpeter Swans on their way south at Cindy DU Conservation Area, Alberta. 📸 TWS Member since 2011, Dragomir Vujnovic (@bio_dragomir_photography)
Image description: Trumpeter Swans on their way south at Cindy DU Conservation Area, Alberta. 📸 TWS Member since 2011, Dragomir Vujnovic (@bio_dragomir_photography)
June 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Flying into the weekend! 🪽
Image description: Trumpeter Swans on their way south at Cindy DU Conservation Area, Alberta. 📸 TWS Member since 2011, Dragomir Vujnovic (@bio_dragomir_photography)
Image description: Trumpeter Swans on their way south at Cindy DU Conservation Area, Alberta. 📸 TWS Member since 2011, Dragomir Vujnovic (@bio_dragomir_photography)
Sniffin' around for a learning opportunity? Join us THIS Friday, June 13th, at 11 a.m. ET to learn more about using detection dogs in conservation! 🐕
Learn more and register here: https://wildlife.org/events/event/ethical-and-effective-best-practices-for-detection-dog-use-in-conservation/
Learn more and register here: https://wildlife.org/events/event/ethical-and-effective-best-practices-for-detection-dog-use-in-conservation/
June 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sniffin' around for a learning opportunity? Join us THIS Friday, June 13th, at 11 a.m. ET to learn more about using detection dogs in conservation! 🐕
Learn more and register here: https://wildlife.org/events/event/ethical-and-effective-best-practices-for-detection-dog-use-in-conservation/
Learn more and register here: https://wildlife.org/events/event/ethical-and-effective-best-practices-for-detection-dog-use-in-conservation/
We will be awarding $500 student travel grants to support travel to the conference in October. To be eligible, a student's presentation must have been accepted by the conference committee. The application period will close on June 25. 👉 https://twsconference.org/travel-grants/
June 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We will be awarding $500 student travel grants to support travel to the conference in October. To be eligible, a student's presentation must have been accepted by the conference committee. The application period will close on June 25. 👉 https://twsconference.org/travel-grants/
Explore the latest job openings at The Wildlife Society's Career Center. From internships to full-time positions, find your next opportunity here 👉 https://careers.wildlife.org/
May 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Explore the latest job openings at The Wildlife Society's Career Center. From internships to full-time positions, find your next opportunity here 👉 https://careers.wildlife.org/
The Wildlife Society is seeking TWS members who would like to serve as reviewers for our student travel grant applications. If you are interested in serving as an application reviewer, please email Kristi at kconfortin@wildlife.org.
May 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Wildlife Society is seeking TWS members who would like to serve as reviewers for our student travel grant applications. If you are interested in serving as an application reviewer, please email Kristi at kconfortin@wildlife.org.
Start your summer reading off with a bang! 💥
TWS Members receive a 30% discount on all Johns Hopkins University Press Books (@hopkinspress.bsky.social)!
Shop here, https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/subjects/science/life-sciences?utm_source=TWS&utm_medium=Socials&utm_content=S25__May_15
TWS Members receive a 30% discount on all Johns Hopkins University Press Books (@hopkinspress.bsky.social)!
Shop here, https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/subjects/science/life-sciences?utm_source=TWS&utm_medium=Socials&utm_content=S25__May_15
May 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Start your summer reading off with a bang! 💥
TWS Members receive a 30% discount on all Johns Hopkins University Press Books (@hopkinspress.bsky.social)!
Shop here, https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/subjects/science/life-sciences?utm_source=TWS&utm_medium=Socials&utm_content=S25__May_15
TWS Members receive a 30% discount on all Johns Hopkins University Press Books (@hopkinspress.bsky.social)!
Shop here, https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/subjects/science/life-sciences?utm_source=TWS&utm_medium=Socials&utm_content=S25__May_15
The Women Hunt program teaches women every year how to hunt as well as the important roles that hunting can play in wildlife conservation and management. The 2025 application period is open until May 31. For more information, visit https://f.mtr.cool/egjvdambme
May 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Women Hunt program teaches women every year how to hunt as well as the important roles that hunting can play in wildlife conservation and management. The 2025 application period is open until May 31. For more information, visit https://f.mtr.cool/egjvdambme
Looking for a last minute summer gig? Check out The Wildlife Society's job board here 👉 https://careers.wildlife.org/
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Looking for a last minute summer gig? Check out The Wildlife Society's job board here 👉 https://careers.wildlife.org/