Safari-goers help conservationists through a camera lens
Wildlife biologist Kasim Rafiq was studying the behavior and space use of leopards in Botswana in order to find out how they were interacting with other carnivores. ...
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Citizen scientists have eagle eye for new bird arrivals
Informal bird enthusiasts are great at detecting the arrival of new species in an area, but their observations aren’t necessarily the best at giving accurate ...
Citizen scientists point to urban carnivore hotspots
Citizen scientists using a mobile app may help managers better understand where urban carnivores, like coyotes and red foxes, interact more with people. In a study ...
eBird program informs songbird conservation across Americas
Citizen scientists involved in the eBird program are helping researchers identify the most important regions to focus conservation efforts across the Americas. This ...
Canid Camera focuses on fostering young forests
Young forests help sustain an abundance of wildlife across the Northeast, and they can be more resilient to threats. But cutting down trees to let new ones grow can ...
Human emotion and behavior at bird feeders may impact conservation
Some 57 million households in the United States have birdfeeders. The food can benefit the birds, but what effect do birdfeeders have on the people who hang them, ...
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 ...
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 ...