Wild Cam: The strength and limitations of community science
How good are you at spotting a giraffe? While the world’s tallest land animals might seem difficult to miss, community scientists commonly fail to see and ...
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Wild Cam: Unearthing bilbies’ benefits
Bilbies may look like rabbits, but that’s where the similarity ends. In Australia, where the marsupials are native, the government has spent enormous amounts of ...
Wild Cam: Lights deter sea turtles away from deadly nets
Sea turtles have long held a special place in the traditional stories of Ghanaian fishing communities. In a story that varies depending on the community and who’s ...
Wild Cam: Costa Rica’s black panthers and elusive bush dogs
Ongoing research using trail cameras in Costa Rica’s mountains has revealed the presence of elusive bush dogs as well as why some populations of large felids, ...
TWS2020: Angola mammals avoid humans after 30-year civil war
The seasoned trackers sat on special chairs fastened to the front of a jeep moving slowly through the savannas of Angola’s Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga national ...
Wild Cam: Herring gulls steal food from hard-working puffins
The surrounding crowd was raucous, and the smell was even worse. But Kaylee Busniuk weathered the distractions like a champ, announcing the unfolding action in a ...
Wild Cam: Island spotted skunks may need protection
Ellie Bolas has been sprayed by skunks more times than she can remember — several times right in her face. But the experiences haven’t dissuaded her in her ...
Wild Cam: Shrub expansion draws moose northward
Jiake Zhou and three of his colleagues traveled 16 days on inflatable rubber boats in the northern Alaskan wilderness without seeing any other human, with nothing ...
Wild Cam: Human activity blocks African wild dog dispersal
Human structures and roadways present some of the largest barriers to the connectivity of endangered African wild dog populations in southern Africa. Researchers ...
Wild Cam: Struggling caribou herd penned in by predators
The Gaspésie herd is one of North America’s most endangered caribou populations, and logging around the fringes of the last remaining landscapes it occupies is ...