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 ...
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Wild Cam: Black bears face connectivity obstacles in Mexico
In 2014, wildlife managers in Mexico captured a bear in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico’s western mountain range, that didn’t quite seem to belong—it was ...
Wild Cam: From whooping cranes to pollinator paradise
Dozens of rickety, old office cubicle-sized pens line up next to each in the U.S. Geological Survey’s Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research ...
Wild Cam: Spy gear reveals spotted owl habits
Climbing trees to spy on owls, researchers are gaining some insight into the birds’ nocturnal lives. California spotted owls (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) ...
Wild Cam: Camera collars reveal caribou survival rates in Quebec
Camera collars on adult female caribou have revealed that calf survival is low in the first few months of their lives in northern Quebec. “We know that they are ...
Wild Cam: Repopulating a lost Caribbean colony
Desecheo is a tiny islet—a little more than half a square mile—off the west coast of the Puerto Rican mainland. The rocky island is partly forested, though it ...
Wild Cam: Solving the hatchling sea turtle mystery
Small satellite tags glued onto green sea turtle hatchlings are revealing where the reptiles go immediately after they leave the beaches of central Florida. The ...
Wild Cam: Community scientists help detect North Carolina wildlife
It’s impossible for researchers to be in many places at once, and sometimes spots on private land are off limits altogether. That’s where community scientists ...
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 ...
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 ...