Posts for tag "animals"
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Bearcam Aids Study Of Human Connections With Wildlife
Kansas State University researchers are using a bearcam at Katmai National Park to study human emotional connections with wildlife.
- Posted August 11, 2016
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Snapshot Wisconsin Combines Cameras, GPS, Citizen Science
The Snapshot Wisconsin project looks to document wildlife around the state with more than 4,000 GPS-tagged cameras and satellite data.
- Posted June 6, 2016
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Remote Cameras Confirm Wildlife In Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
University of Georgia scientists used remote cameras to confirm the presence of wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
- Posted May 4, 2016
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Warming May Spell Disaster For Woodrats Eating Toxic Plants
Woodrats find it harder to process creosote plants at higher temperatures. A tipping point seems to exist above which they will find it tough to thrive.
- Posted February 9, 2016
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Penn State Deer Trackers Study Animal’s Movements
Researchers at Penn State University use GPS collars as deer trackers to study deer movements and how they affect forest health.
- Posted January 29, 2016
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Guinea Pigs Take On Climate Change And Win
A new study shows guinea pigs have climate change figured out, according to a New Scientist article. A team of researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research observed South American guinea pigs and found...
- Posted January 12, 2016
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Tracking Beavers Near Boston Could Reveal Breeding Behavior Insights
Boston University researchers use radio transmitter tags and specialized trapping techniques for tracking beavers throughout Boston’s Quabbin Reservoir.
- Posted January 4, 2016
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Drones Used To Monitor Bears Cause Stress
Although monitoring bears using drones removes the disruptive presence of human researchers, it has one serious drawback: The drones stress the bears they are trying to study, according to a University of Minnesota investigation covered by Ars...
- Posted August 20, 2015
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USFWS Scientists Chart Divergent Lives Of Male And Female Cooper’s Hawks
Radio tracking devices help reveal differences in the lifestyles of male and female Cooper’s Hawks.
- Posted August 11, 2015
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GPS collar study helps in Louisiana invasive wild pig problem
A GPS collar tracking study shows how far damaging, invasive wild pigs range in Louisiana marshes, helping control crews with a daunting task.
- Posted April 1, 2015
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Study finds fall armyworm’s secret to eating toxic plants
Maize and other plants use toxins to repel insects and worms. But by monitoring a specific chemical inside a fall armyworm, researchers at the Max Plank Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered that the worm’s gut can chemically...
- Posted October 22, 2014
