Tag: video

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November 18, 2022

Watch: Cougar caught on camera in Voyageurs region for first time

Scientists with the Voyageurs Wolf Project caught a cougar (Puma concolor) on a trail camera in the southern part of the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem this past October. That’s the first...

October 21, 2022

Watch: Something’s different about this Canada lynx

Canada lynx don’t vary much in color. They usually have coats of silvery gray that turns reddish brown in the summer. But researchers recently documented a lynx that’s completely black....

April 8, 2022

Watch: A day in the life of a wolf

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a wolf? Researchers have captured first-ever video footage showing an entire day experienced by a wild wolf (Canis lupus) in...

April 14, 2021

Watch: A wolf’s point of view

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the world from a wolfs perspective? For the first time, researchers have released footage taken from a wild wolf’s...

May 22, 2020

TWS member’s video explores why wildlife matters

Why does wildlife matter? The answer to that question is inherent in the work that wildlife professionals do, but they don’t often have to put it into words. So with...

December 13, 2019

Watch: Researchers discover first known spectral bat roost in Nicaragua

With a wingspan of more than three feet, most people would choose to stay away from the roosts of one of the largest carnivorous bats in the world. But José...

July 26, 2019

Watch: ‘Smart Nest Box’ peeks into birds’ hidden lives

Watching the boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) arrive and depart from the nest box, it’s easy to feel like you’re watching an episode of “Big Brother” for owls. It appears. It...

April 4, 2019

Watch: Florida students share favorite events and TWS value

A “Beast Feast” of cricket brownies and wild meat and women-mentored deer hunts are among the wonderful benefits enjoyed by the members of the University of Florida TWS student chapter,...

March 15, 2019

Video: Biologists record opossum-eating tarantula

As University of Michigan biologists were walking a night transect through the Amazon rainforest in Peru, they came across something they had never seen before. Spotting a tarantula the size...

January 11, 2019

For some hummingbirds, fighting outweighs feeding

Hummingbird bills are designed to draw nectar from flowers, but researchers have found that some male hummingbirds have developed bills better suited for stabbing their rivals. “It is all about...