Search Results for: wild cam

March 17, 2022

Wild Cam: Tracking habitat preferences of imperiled Ecuadorian primates

In the coastal rainforest of Ecuador, Jacquelyn Tleimat sometimes felt like her tree climbing skills were being judged. She and her colleagues hiked for miles, hacking vegetation away with machetes...

February 1, 2022

Wild Cam: Humans curtail Burmese mammal diversity

Sun bears, Asiatic golden cats and pig-tailed macaques may sound like an exotic wildlife assemblage to many westerners, but these mammals play important roles in Myanmar’s ecosystems. However, many of...

January 28, 2022

Wild Cam: Harvest may contribute to shorebird decline

In the coastal areas of Guyana, hunters get creative when trapping birds—sometimes “shocking” whole flocks with wires. Tying a 12-meter wire to a pole and laying it down in a...

January 10, 2022

Wild Cam: Marine protected areas help hawksbills

Most of the islands in the Gulf of California are uninhabited, but for generations, a fishing family has lived on El Pardito Island in the southwestern end near La Paz....

January 3, 2022

Wild Cam: Human development limits giant anteater populations

At up to seven feet long and up to 110 pounds, it’s no wonder that giant anteaters are sometimes called ant bears. These large mammals are near cousins of sloths,...

December 21, 2021

Wild Cam: Scavengers reduce brucellosis risk in elk, moose and cattle

The best way to eliminate brucellosis-infected remains before they can infect nearby moose, elk or cattle may be simple: just eat it. Brucellosis is a major problem in western states....

December 17, 2021

Wild Cam: Tracking Venezuelan dolphins

Researchers are tracking dolphin populations across parts of the Venezuelan coast in an effort to improve information in an understudied part of the Caribbean Sea. “Venezuela holds 33% of the...

December 9, 2021

Wild Cam: Humans push deer into predators’ spaces

Human presence is changing how deer and a suite of predators interact in Pennsylvania state forests and the surrounding areas. Predators can affect the ways that white-tailed deer use different...

November 29, 2021

Wild Cam: Capturing glimpses of small animal life

Most researchers turn to trail cameras to collect expansive shots of the large animals of the Serengeti plains or big carnivores on the prowl in the wilderness—or, sometimes, even cities....

October 7, 2021

Wild Cam: Orcas to blame for Aleutian sea otter collapse

Many people thought the sea otter populations around the Aleutian Archipelago were the model of the species’ success. For decades, populations up and down the Pacific Coast of North America...