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2020

• Mucking About
• People in Developing Countries Eat Less Bushmeat as They Migrate from Rural to Urban Areas
• Leaping lemurs and hidden hellbenders: Class of 2020 graduates get up close to wildlife
• What does the fox say to a puma? Predators form an unusual coexistence in the central Chilean Andes
• Wildlife courses, in-person and virtual, spark new energy during pandemic
• Mammalogy Class Utilizes Outdoor Spaces To Study Carnivores
• Student voices helping to highlight importance of inclusion in the sciences at Virginia Tech
• Researchers co-locate to Steger Hall at the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to tackle infectious diseases and rapid environmental change
• One fish, two fish: merging marine animal tracking with fishing fleet movements
• Mass Die-Offs of Marine Mammals Are on the Rise
• Alaska’s salmon are getting smaller, affecting people and ecosystems
• William Hopkins named associate executive director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute
• Preliminary study suggests tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths 
• Word from the Smokies: The Obscure Tale of the Appalachian Cottontail
• Of love of lemur
• Mass die-offs in marine mammals are accelerating, and climate change will only make it worse 
• Shorebird group helps relocate Royal Turns at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion 
• Virginia Tech researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals 
• Can a salamander find salvation in San Antonio? 
• Sydney Hope recognized for Outstanding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Dissertation Award 
• American Scientist: Data collection during social distancing 
• Where predators are scarce, mongoose may transmit more disease 
  
• Antonio Zoo Successfully Breeds One of World's Most Endangered Species 
• Tracking white-tailed deer movements during Hurricane Irma
• Virginia Tech’s Luis Escobar contributes to international report on health and climate change 
• Virginia project raises concerns about seabirds 
  
• Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana 
• New research finds ranchers consider diverse factors in managing their land

2019

• Emmanuel Frimpong talks about his research in maintaining biodiversity and conservation of rare species 
• Florida's Shorebirds Saw a Big Breeding Bump After Hurricane Michael 
• Virginia Tech student releases recuperated hawk back into wild 
• Global Change Center partners with Hollins University to promote undergraduate research opportunities
• You spot a land-crawling “Frankenfish,” now what? 
• Hokies help Cooper's hawk spread its wings and fly 
• Field course gives students up-close look at tracking, studying wildlife 
• Virginia researcher wants to turn nest-building fish into rock stars 
• HokieTalks : Sea levels are rising - Solutions for watermen and waterbirds 
• Donald J. Orth receives American Fisheries Society award for public outreach 
• The Human Dimensions of Birdwatchers: Insights for Wildlife Managers 
• Amazon fish species at risk if fires destroy river habitat 
• Professors take part in journal’s test for peer review bias in major international study 
• Abundance of abandoned mines may explain threatened bats' prevalence in WV 
• College of Natural Resources and Environment welcomes eight new faculty members 
• Making connections: Farmers, meet hellbenders 
• VT Shorebird Program to coordinate efforts to survey potential breeding locations for the spoon billed sandpiper 
• Isotopes in poop show where secretive jaguars hunt 
• For some populations, hurricanes actually help 
• Tunnel project runs into trouble: Terns. Lots of them
• VT learning in Botswana-Student experiences 
• The hunger games: Do fledged chicks beg honestly? 
• Who Liked Hurricane Sandy? These Tiny, Endangered Birds
• Leaving no stone unturned' at the Ninth Eastern Hellbender Symposium 
• Piping plovers benefited from Hurricane Sandy 
• Ed Jones named chair of national Cooperative Extension leadership committee within APLU 
• In Virginia and Wisconsin, a new look at saving freshwater mussels: Could disease be a culprit in massive die-offs?  
• Deirdre Conroy named 2019 Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment 
• Check out this video on the new pathways to sustainability minor associated with the CNRE 
• Erin Heller and Sydney Hope receive Sigma Xi Awards for 2019 
• VHCC students dissect non-native fish to study habitat changes 
• Virginia Tech students examine Mill Mountain's animal species 
• Coastal@VT researchers lead Kids’ Tech University session about sea level rise 
• Brian Murphy honored with emeritus status 
• Virginia Tech’s 36th Annual Mudbass Classic Tournament takes place on April 27 
• Researchers study people who feed birds in their backyards with implications for bird conservation 
• Botswana president and first lady visit Centre for Conservation of African Resources 
• Grad students host first communication science conference 
• Road Salt and its impacts on groundwater and well water

2018

• Alumnus helps kids explore freshwater streams and rivers by getting their feet wet 12/18
• Students reflect on lessons learned during study abroad in Ecuador 11/18
• Surface water and flood dynamics increase vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate change 11/18
• Coastal@VT hosted Rotating Resilience Roundtables to address issues of coastal resilience in Virginia 11/18
• Meet the maverick mayor of Glen Lyn in new Save Our Towns season 10/18
• Researchers study water’s role in antibiotic resistance emergence and dissemination in Africa 10/18
• Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study parental care in eastern hellbender salamanders 10/18
• Professor appointed chair for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee 10/18
• Fifteen students awarded Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowships 10/18
• HHMI Inclusive Excellence Program welcomes new cohort 10/18
• Philadelphia Zoo CREW’s high school students get ‘hands-on’ with wildlife 9 /18
• Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles, raising conservation concerns 9/18
• Virginia Tech researchers host international meeting on mange in wildlife 8/18
• Teresa Martinez receives Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award 8/18
• Any changes to the Endangered Species Act will likely be undone, says Virginia Tech expert 7/18
• Researcher: 2018 Farm Bill policies could undermine farm conservation efforts 7/18
• Fish and wildlife graduate students receive research fellowships 6/18
• Associate Professor Sarah Karpanty receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award 6/18
• Wildlife conservation student receives 2018 Udall Scholarship 5/18
• William Hopkins receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology 5/18
• Experience hands-on learning in the Great Smoky Mountains 4/18
• 2018 Graduate School Diversity Scholars share their work on Reading Day 4/18
• Outreach enhances landowners' views of conservation programs 4/18
• The James River blues: Are blue catfish a cause or symptom of bay health? 4/18
• Virginia Tech's 35th Annual Mudbass Classic Tournament takes place on April 28 4/18
• How cheetahs outsmart lions and hyenas 4/18
• Video: Graduating student Chanz Hopkins helps others while pursuing his dream 4/18
• Graduate School celebrates students and mentors at annual awards dinner 4/18
• Personal outreach to landowners is vital to conservation program success 4/18
• Bay Invaders: The Blue Catfish Fishery 3/18
• Engineered Sandbars Don't Measure Up for Nesting Plovers 1/18
• JWM: Hungry ghost crabs may haunt plover nests 2/18
• A case for conserving common species 2/18
• Fish sticks: declining Amazon fish 2/18
• For a banded mongoose in northern Botswana, communicating with family can be deadly 1/18
• How do you track a secretive hawk? Follow the isotopes 1/18
• Rock salt is getting into groundwater and wells, study finds 1/18
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2017

• New research explores links between deforestation and fisheries yields in the Amazon 12/17
• Tech wildlife students up their "game" at annual dinner 12/17
• PBS: Amazonian fish need tropical forests to survive 12/17
• The 'Camera Trap Queen' Who Shares Remote Wildlife With the World 12/17
• How do you track a secretive hawk? Follow the isotopes 12/17
• Rock salt is getting into groundwater and wells, study finds 11/17
• Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants 11/17
• Virginia Tech researchers explore causes of land cover change in African savannas 11/17
• Dean Stauffer honored with Wildlife Society award for teaching excellence10/17
• Even small amounts of oil made birds near Deepwater Horizon sick, Virginia Tech researchers say 10/17
• Study highlights conservation needs of fish species recently discovered in Southwest Virginia 10/17
• Mixing of farmed fish and their wild relatives could have adverse impacts on environment, Virginia Tech researcher says10/17
• Let's Get Science Out of the Lab Into The Communities with Dr. Kathy Alexander 10/17
• Study highlights conservation needs of fish species recently discovered in Southwest Virginia 10/17
• Student raises money to improve isolated Ecuadorean community's access to education 9/17
• Study highlights conservation needs of fish species recently discovered in Southwest Virginia10/11
• Student raises money to improve isolated Ecuadorean community's access to education 9/11 
• Nat Geo: See Rescued Lions and Tigers Re-Learn How to Hunt 9/11
• George C. Palmer named 2017 SEAFWA Fisheries Biologist of the Year 9/17
  
• Steve McMullin of Virginia Tech becomes President of the American Fisheries Society  9/17
  
• Conservation Management Institute realigns to maximize funding and research opportunities 8/17
• Virginia Tech professor raises awareness about animal biotechnology and fisheries genetics 8/17
• Virginia Tech study searches for candy darter as endangered species status reviewed 8/17
• Future of coastal marshes lies in the hands of private property owners 8/17
• GMO salmon caught in U.S. regulatory net, but Canadians have eaten 5 tons 8/17
• Research calls for enhancing long-term benefits of Farm Bill program 7/17
• Camera-trap research paves the way for global monitoring networks 6/17
• Virginia Tech awarded grant to commit to diversity, inclusion for success in science education 6/17
• Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target students for future conservation careers 6/17
• Washington Post: Blue catfish are destroying the Chesapeake Bay. Congress isn't helping 6/17
• Bad mothers and why they make a difference to cheetah survival 6/17
• Sydney Hope receives NSF GROW travel award 6/17
• Stormwater retention ponds may not protect surface waters from road salt contamination 6/17
• Coffee Break with a Scientist: Dr. Ashley Dayer 5/17
• Studying the human dimensions of CRP participation5/17
• Professor William Hopkins receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award5/17
• Nonnative catfish not primary driver of American shad declines in James River5/17
• Ally Moser named College of Natural Resources and Environment 2017 Outstanding Senior4/17
• Marcella Kelly receives Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research 4/17
• Dean Stauffer receives William E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence4/17
• Virginia Tech's 34th Annual Mudbass Classic Tournament takes place on April 294/17
• Man-Eating Lions Prey on People-New Evidence4/17
• Brian and Martha Murphy earn citizen conservation award for transforming farmland4/17
• Stroubles Creek Restoration Initiative prepping for tree planting 3/17
• Dean Stauffer: CIDER teacher of the week 3/17
• Doctoral Fellow studies impact of climate change, deforestation in Namibia 3/17
• Virginia Tech expert on WHO child mortality report: impacts 'are not restricted to the developing world' 3/17
• Moser studies rare cottontail for ACC Fellowship 2/17
• Defining an invasive species- not as straightforward as you would think 2/17
• Leandro Castello awarded Pew marine conservation fellowship 2/17
• Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas seeks volunteers to collect data 2/17
• Ashley Gramza begins role as new national bird conservation social science coordinator 2/17

2016

• Scientists are in a heated Twitter debate about the 'most beautiful spotted animal' 12/16
• Class of 2016: Cassidy Williams puts her passion for wildlife into practice 12/16
• Virginia Tech students host Annual Wild Game Dinner 12/16
• Jaguar spotting: A new wild cat may be roaming the United States 12/16
• Steve McMullin honored with emeritus status 11/16
• Sydney Hope participates in Franklin County High's "Moment of Science" 11/16
• Who eats faster, male or female cheetahs? 11/16
• Nemo found at Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center 10/16
• Mussels a sign of a healthy Powell River 10/16
• With Good Reason Radio:Wildlife in Bostwana 10/16
• Paul Angermeier co-edits textbook on reintroducing fish and wildlife populations 9/16
• Cutler: Town and gown work together here: Part 2 9/16
• Seashore plans science workshops to evaluate bird, turtle management 9/16
• Brett Jones, Donald Orth receive 2016 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award 8/16
• Science News: When it comes to antimicrobial resistance, watch out for wildlife 8/16
• Students team with Ecuadorean tribes to learn most-effective plants for treating infection 8/16
• Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow investigates false pregnancy in black bears 7/16
• 2016 ACC Creativity and Innovation fellows hard at work this summer 7/16
• Black Bears Becoming Unusually Comfortable with People 7/16
• Virginia Tech expert says GMO bill approved by Congress is a good start but a better framework still needed 7/16
• Listen: Eric Hallerman discusses new GMO labeling with NewsRadio WINA 7/16
• Ear-stones provide clues to researchers studying migratory habits of Amazonian fish species 6/16
• Flying high for conservation: an Interfaces of Global Change fellow will use drones to help save lemurs 5/16
• On birds, behavior, and the power of observation 5/16
• Douglas Austen receives Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award 5/16
• Six Virginia Tech undergraduate students awarded 2016 ACC Creativity and Innovation Fellowships 5/16
• Researcher tracks clues on mountain lion sightings in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 5/16
• Virginia Tech students to travel the Amazon 5/16
• Tuberculosis infection in mongoose driven by social communication behavior 5/16
• Virginia Tech researchers looking at value of native pollinators 5/16
• Congressman Morgan Griffith visits Virginia Tech's aviary 5/16
• Nature: Camera traps may aid conservation 5/16
• Bear Cubs Emerge from Virginia Dens 5/16
• Kathleen Alexander presents NSF funded human-wildlife interface projects on Capitol Hill 4/16
• NSF grant to send two undergraduates to study disease ecology in Africa 4/16
• Our culture does not take life, but promotes it 4/16
• Eric Hallerman advises FDA on approving world's first genetically modified animal 4/16
• Brandon Semel will use drones to help save lemurs in Madagascar 3/16
• Climate change, dams, deforestation a vicious cycle for Amazon rivers, lakes 3/16
• Listen to Associate Professor Kathy Alexander's talk about "One Health" on VoiceAmerica. 2/16
• Fish species, rural livelihoods threatened by new dams on world's largest rivers1/16

2015

• That Yellow-finned Minnow in Your Local Creek May Be One-of-a-kind 12/15
• Wild Cam: How Airplanes Ruffle Plover Feathers12/15
• Lyme-Carrying Ticks Could Be Hitching Rides on Birds 12/15
• In a First, the FDA Clears Genetically Modified Salmon for Eating--It Just Took 20 Years12/15
• The Atlantic: The woman who tweets cheetahs 11/15
• Don't Fear Bats; Fear Losing Them 10/15
• China's wetlands hurt by economic growth 10/15
• Putting the squeeze on trout: Study says that acid and warming waters could make life harder for trout 10/15
• Wildlife graduate student Sydney Hope investigates impact of environmental conditions on wood duck behavior10/15
• Limiting wildlife access to water resources in dryland African regions may reduce water quality 10/15
• Virginia Tech-led research to create model to predict waterborne disease risk9/15
• Can group-living wildlife species survive the spread of disease? 9/15
• Faculty members named American Fisheries Society inaugural Fellows9/15
• WSLS10:Virginia Tech opens new Aviary 9/15
• CollegiateTimes: To study a mockingbird 9/15
• Roanoke Time: New Virginia Tech research aviary is not just for the birds 9/15
• Virginia Tech showcases new research facility to enhance the study of birds 9/15
• Collegiate Times: New organization helps grieving students move forward 9/15
• Scientists show off their most adorable subjects with #CuteOff 9/15
• SmartNews: African wildlife may be acquiring antibiotic resistant bacteria from nearby humans 8/15
• Virginia Tech's natural resources and conservation program ranked No. 1 by USA Today College edition 8/15
• New Initiative Helps Saltwater Aquarium Industry 'Go Green' 8/15
• Virginia Tech scientists work to save the Amazon Rainforest and its biodiversity 8/15
• Doctoral student Anne Hilborn shares Serengeti field work and photos on Twitter 8/15
• Graduate student’s research reveals new, troubling threats to Madagascar’s wildlife 8/15
• Wildlife students win Steger Poetry Prizes 8/15
• Congressman Griffith visits mussel center 8/15
• DGIF winter meeting held at Virginia Tech 8/15
• Warren receives Cross Alumni Leadership Award 8/15
• Schooled in fish: Jason Henderson head chef for Captain D’s 8/15
• Wildlife Society: Effective New Model for Predicting Shorebird Habitats 8/15
• Virginia Tech's natural resources and conservation program ranked No. 1 by USA Today College edition 8/15
  
• Preserving natural areas on campuses focus of Ecological Society of America sessions 8/15
• Habitat prediction model created to protect piping plovers 7/15
• Wildlife provide clues to the spread of antibiotic resistance in Africa 7/15
• The Hopkins Lab participates in NSF RET program 7/15
• Scientists work to help save the Amazon rainforest and its biodiversity 7/15
• Asia Murphy's research reveals new, troubling threats to Madagascar’s wildlife 7/15
• This fish has its own story 7/15
• University hatches science outreach partnership with Blacksburg High School 6/15
• Enlighten me: Piping plovers and coastal change 6/15
• Researchers explore fact and fiction of New River monster fish 6/15
• Robert Warren receives Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award 5/15
• Scientists across the nation address uncertainty in Marine & Coastal Resource Management 5/15
• Alexander receives 2015 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research 4/15
• Hopkins receives 2015 Alumni Award for Excellence in Research 4/15
• Ashley Lohr receives 2015 College of Natural Resources and Environment Outstanding Senior Award 4/15
• Students Bring High Energy to the TWS SE Conclave 3/15
• Volunteers count spring frog songs in the New River Valley 3/15
• Researchers Map Flying Squirrel Habitat 3/15

2014

• Emmanuel A. Frimpong named a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow 10/14
• Joel W. Snodgrass named head of Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation 9/14
• Giant Amazon fish extinct in many fishing communities, saved in others 9/14
• Grad student works to preserve endangered flying squirrels 9/14
• All for the birds: Mitchell Byrd remains a friend of the college 8/14
• Erin Poor receives Fulbright grant to study endangered Sumatran tigers7/14
• Researchers say rate of deforestation in Brazilian Amazon has declined 6/14
• Young scientist counts African predators to help save them 5/14
• Fish species benefit from multi-agency collaborations 5/14
• Scientists study Amazon to predict impact of climate change 5/14
• Research overturns assumption about mercury in the Arctic 5/14
• Nepalese Fulbright Scholar visits college 5/14
• Donald J. Orth receives 2014 William E. Wine Award 4/14
• Donald J. Orth receives 2014 Diggs Teaching Scholars Award 4/14
• Restoration biologist Jess Jones receives Rachel Carson Award 4/14
• Donald W. Linzey receives Virginia Museum of Natural History's Jefferson Medal 3/14
• Kelly recognized as a Global Conservation Leader  2/14
• Aspiring wildlife filmmaker wraps up as co-host of children's tv program 2/14
• Fisheries program opens doors for freshman 2/14
• Alumni Corner: Austen heads American Fisheries Society 2/14
• State launches wildlife conflict helpline 2/14
• Kelly recognized as a Global Conservation Leader 2/14
• Michael Moore receives NANFA Conservation Research Grant 2014 Award 2/14
• Black-footed ferret: Wild heart of the Great Plains 2/14
• China-U.S. laboratory dedicated to enhance mussel conservation, pearl production 1/14
• Hurricane Sandy may prove to be a blessing for the tiny piping plover 1/14
• Research overturns assumption about mercury in the Arctic 1/14

2013

• Marcella Kelly honored with Philadelphia Zoo's Global Conservation Leader Award12/13
• Alumni Awards for Excellence11/13
• Fraser Receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award11/13
• Schwarz Leads World Aquaculture Society11/13
• Alexander Continues Research at the Human-Wildlife Interface 11/13
• Conference Tackles the Challenge of Diversity in Natural Resources Careers 8/13
• Hubert Receives Cross Alumni Leadership Award 8/13
• Kendall an Environmental Excellence Award Finalist 8/13
• Three Students Take Home Writing Prizes 8/13
• Battle Presents at ACC Meeting of the Minds 8/13
• Jim Fraser receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology 7/13
• Wayne Hubert receives Gerald E. Cross Alumni Leadership Award 6/13
• University researchers find widespread but neglected disease as real health threat in Africa 5/13
• Potential to spark a global pandemic’: Wild animals in Botswana found resistant to antibiotics4/13
• Study shows human-wildlife microbe exchange and multidrug resistance in wildlife in protected areas in Africa 4/13
• Kathleen Alexander receives 2013 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Outreach 5/13
• Climate change likely to worsent threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana, arid African countries 3/13
• Virginia Tech hosts first TEDx Event 2/13
• Kathleen Alexander finds climate change likely to worsen public health threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana and other arid African countries 3/13
• First year experience program sets students on the right path 2/13
• Alumni Corner: John Loegering-Not Quite a Millionaire! 2/13
• Commencement Speaker- Katelin Shugart-Schmidt 2/13
• Generational changes will have a big impact on natural resource jobs 2/13
• Graduate students receive American Fisheries Society awards 1/13

2012

• TEDxTalks releases videos of presentations from inaugural TEDxVirginiaTech event 12/12
• Nearly buried, mussels get a helping hand 12/12
• Chinese Visitors Investigate Watershed Ecology 11/12
• Perkins Interviews Converted Poachers 11/12
• Undergraduates Explore Ecuadorian Jungle 11/12
• Students Help Return Animals to the Wild 11/12
• Summer Programs Offer Extraordinary Research Opportunities to Undergraduates 11/12
• Partners collaborate on largest release of endangered mussels in Powell River 10/12
• Undergraduate researchers study poison dart frogs and more in Ecuadorian jungle 9/12
• Can nature parks save biodiversity? 8/12
• Undergraduate students make their mark in fish and wildlife conservation research 8/12
• Student researchers take a walk on the 'wild' side 8/12
• Kathleen Alexander receives NIH grant to study effect of climate change on water-borne diseases 8/12
• Katelin Shugart-Schmidt named Graduate Woman of the Year 4/12
• Kathleen Alexander's work in Botswana attracts attention of U.S. ambassador 3/12
• Virginia Tech wildlife researchers explore DNA research to help save Nepal's Bengal tigers 3/12
• Buffalo bushmeat linked to brucellosis in Botswana 3/12
• Nowhere to hide: New study finds future of Sumatran tigers threatened by human disturbances 3/12
• Virginia Tech wildlife ecologist links severe declines in Everglades mammals with invasive pythons 1/12
• Kathleen Alexander receives NSF grant to research human-animal linkage in water quality 1/12

2010-2011

• Turtles, snakes, and the HokieBird visit Virginia Tech Open House 11/11
• Two Virginia Tech fisheries students earn NOAA scholarships 11/11
• Eric Hallerman educates policymakers on genetically engineered animals for food 8/11
• David L. Trauger receives science teaching award 6/11
• Leadership Institute students from College of Natural Resources and Environment take weeklong run with top officials 1/11
• Poor stream health imperils fish 12/10
• Five selected as 2010-11 ACC Undergraduate Research Scholars 11/10
• Virginia Tech gets $3.4 Million for Gulf oil spill study on plovers 11/10
• New TB pathogen discovered 10/10
• College of Natural Resources and Environment Launches Student Leadership Institute 9/10
• Virginia Tech Partners in Clinch River Endangered Mussel Release 9/10
• Dean F. Stauffer Selected as Associate Dean of Academic Programs 8/10
• University Recognizes Ronald J. Kendall with Alumni Leadership Award 7/10
• Researcher explores role of human behavior in infectious disease emergence 5/10
• Barbara Knuth Named Vice Provost and Dean of Cornell Graduate School 3/10