Video: Spot a cat? There’s an app for that
TWS member Jason Luscier focuses on urban wildlife conservation, so when he needed more data on house cats (Felis catus) roaming the streets, he turned local ...
citizen science
Student presentation: Implementing citizen science in research
Citizen science is growing in wildlife biology, providing an inexpensive, efficient way to collect large amounts of data. But how should researchers use it ...
City hawks flock to feeders to find prey
Bustling cities like Chicago are not usually known for their wildlife, but Cooper’s (Accipiter cooperii) and sharp-shinned hawks (Accipiter striatus) have been ...
Native plants are for the birds
A study of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) in the Washington, D.C., metro area found that even a few nonnative plants can make it hard for native birds ...
WSB: Personal benefits help attract citizen scientists
Researchers in Michigan found that citizen scientists were more likely to use a recently launched citizen science phone app when they saw personal benefits from ...
BioBlitz joins BLM, citizen scientists in New Mexico desert
The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District recently sponsored its first Bioblitz at the Dripping Springs Natural Area, attracting volunteers from the ...
Does citizen science work as well as federal bird monitoring?
Two weeks ago, eBird logged its 500 millionth observation. Launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in 2002, the online checklist is a handy resource for birders, ...
Hive scales point to North Carolina bees’ nectar sources
A year ago, beekeepers throughout North Carolina outfitted their apiaries with hive scales provided by the Bayer Bee Care Program. In a growing initiative, these ...
In urban landscape, coyotes and foxes coexist
In wild and rural areas, red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) tend to steer clear of coyotes (Canis latrans), which often kill foxes to reduce competition for food. But across ...
Algae and warming water could be killing Michigan waterfowl
Since the late 1990s, an increasing number of waterfowl have been dropping and drowning in the Great Lakes due to more frequent botulism outbreaks. Biologists ...