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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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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...