Animal tracking methods encompass a range of technologies and analytical approaches used to monitor the spatial and temporal movements of individual animals or populations. Techniques include conventional tagging, radio telemetry (VHF), satellite telemetry (e.g., Argos, GPS), biologging (accelerometers, depth sensors, temperature, heart rate), and automated detection systems such as passive integrated transponders (PIT) and camera traps. Data from these devices are integrated with geographic information systems (GIS), state-space models, and movement ecology frameworks to infer habitat use, migration routes, behavior, and responses to environmental variation, enabling quantitative assessments of spatial ecology, demography, and conservation status.
Amid a recent spate of reported sightings of bobcats and coyotes in Frisco, local experts are encouraging North Texas residents to be aware and to take precautions to avoid negative encounters between pets, people and wildlife.
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When a grizzly bear attacked a group of fourth- and fifth-graders in western Canada in late November 2025, it sparked more than a rescue effort for the 11 people injured—four with severe injuries. Local authorities began ...
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Jan 7, 2026
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Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have already leveraged the vast troves of geolocation data from vessel-tracking systems to pinpoint where whales and other large marine species are endangered by ship ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2025
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A new study exploring the secretive lives of feral and free-roaming cats in Wales could shed light on wildcats' return to the country.
Ecology
Dec 22, 2025
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New research led by the University of St Andrews has created the most comprehensive maps to date of the distribution of gray and harbor seals in Northwest Europe, encompassing the majority of seal populations on the continental ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2025
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Say you want to listen in on a group of super-intelligent aliens whose language you don't understand, and whose spaceship only flies by Earth once an hour. It's not unlike what Harvard scientists and others are doing, except ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2025
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The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go—except up in the trees.
Ecology
Dec 12, 2025
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A new study led by researchers from Saint Louis University, the Saint Louis Zoo, and partner organizations recently set out to understand how raccoons use space in one of the nation's largest urban parks.
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2025
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Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometers to reach Africa—and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have been able to track the birds' journeys in detail. ...
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Dec 11, 2025
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The spots gave it away. Just like a human fingerprint, the rosette pattern on each jaguar is unique so researchers knew they had a new animal on their hands after reviewing images captured by a remote camera in southern Arizona.
Ecology
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