Copy cats: When is a bobcat not a bobcat?
Two UBC Okanagan biologists, who have publicly solicited images of wild cats for their research, have answered that question.
Ecology
Jan 23, 2019
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News tagged with camera trap
First insight into the ecology of an elusive and threatened rabbit
The Annamite mountains of Vietnam and Lao PDR (Laos) harbour exceptional species richness and endemism, but its wildlife is under threat from widespread and intensive poaching. The region is home to the Annamite striped rabbit ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2018
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Canopy cameras shed new light on monkey business in Brazil
A team of Brazilian biologists supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) is unlocking the secrets of one of the world's most fragile and threatened biodiversity hotspots thanks to the success of a pioneering ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2018
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Crouching tigers, hidden cameras: Nepal counts its big cats
Chayan Kumar Chaudhary flicked through photographs captured on a hidden camera in the jungle, hoping his favourite big cat—dubbed "selfie tiger" for its love of the limelight—had made another appearance.
Ecology
Oct 30, 2018
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Study finds 84 highly endangered Amur leopards remain in China and Russia
Scientists estimate there are only 84 remaining highly endangered Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis) remaining in the wild across its current range along the southernmost border of Primorskii Province in Russia and ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2018
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The privacy problem with camera traps: you don't know who else could be watching
We use remotely activated cameras – known as camera traps – to study the ecology and population responses of wildlife and pest species in management programs across Australia.
Ecology
Jun 18, 2018
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Tracking endangered mammals with the leeches that feed on them
A broad survey conducted across southern Asia reinforces the idea that the mammal biodiversity of an area can be determined by looking at the DNA found in leeches' blood meals. The new study, led by researchers at the American ...
Ecology
Feb 27, 2018
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Spotted hyena returns to Gabon park after 20 years: researchers
A spotted hyena has been sighted in a Gabon national park for the first time in 20 years, conservationists said Friday, the latest large predator to have returned to a region where many had gone locally extinct.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2018
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How chimp DNA techniques turned us into jungle detectives
Finding wild chimpanzees is not easy. In the first ten years we spent scouring the remote woodlands of western Tanzania in search of them, we caught only fleeting glimpses and brief views of their shadows avoiding our very ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2018
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Citizen scientists help capture wild mammals on camera
Data collected by enthusiastic volunteers can be extremely useful for researchers, particularly when studying Britain's little understood mammals. At the 'Ecology Across Borders' conference in Ghent, Belgium this week, researchers ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2017
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