Watch: Tracking marine mammals with tiny space satellites
For the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, understanding marine animal movement is critical. Telemetry of animals, including sea turtles, whales and sharks, can ...
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Pacific marten populations face extinction
The Pacific marten (Martes caurina) is a mysterious little predator that lurks in remote slivers of dense forests in coastal Oregon and northern California. But ...
For burrowing owls, city parks offer scant protection
More and more burrowing owls are settling into cities, but how do built environments affect their movement and survival? Scientists in New Mexico found that ...
A race against the clock for brook trout conservation
Are brook trout destined for extinction? That is a future that Shannon White, a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Tyler Wagner at the USGS Pennsylvania Cooperative ...
Isotopes and Telemetry Reveal Golden Eagle Migratory Patterns
New research on hydrogen isotopes on golden eagles shows that at least some birds of a feather may fly together. While researchers have long known more or less ...
Telemetry Reveals Habits of Invasive Pythons in Florida
While one the largest invasive snakes in the world has wreaked havoc on the Everglades ecosystem for several years, very little is known about their movement ...