Gabon fights elephant poachers with hi-tech tracker collars
Ever tried to put a GPS real-time tracking collar on a five-tonne animal?
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New tracking device to keep better tabs on wolves
Keeping up with the journeys of wolves and welfare of wild horses has never been easier. With a GPS wildlife tracker powered by an animal's own movements, University of Copenhagen researchers have solved a problem faced by ...
Ecology
Jun 17, 2023
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First reported case of anthrax in wildlife: Infected zebra most likely causes death of 3 cheetahs
Anthrax is an infectious bacterial disease endemic in some parts of Africa. It affects people, livestock as well as wildlife. Using GPS telemetry data, a team of scientists from the Cheetah Research Project of the Leibniz ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2021
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GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
A new study from Swansea University and the University of Cape Town provides the first documented evidence of a cessation in urban space use by a female baboon after giving birth: another example of how wild animals are adaptively ...
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2023
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Oregon's wandering wolf, OR-7, gets official pack status (Update)
Oregon's famous wandering wolf, OR-7, is now officially the leader of his own pack.
Ecology
Jan 7, 2015
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Spotted marsupial returned to mainland Australia after half century
A species of spotted marsupial devastated by foxes has been returned to the wild in mainland Australia for the first time in almost 50 years in a rare and landmark conservation success story.
Ecology
Mar 15, 2018
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What's killing Minnesota moose? Researchers launch new effort to find out
Moose have been falling over and dying across Northeastern Minnesota at a disturbing rate in recent years, and researchers still don't know why.
Ecology
Jan 10, 2013
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South Sudan expands efforts to protect remaining elephants
With expert assistance from the Wildlife Conservation Society and funding from USAID, South Sudan's Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism (MWCT) has ramped up efforts to protect its last elephants by fitting individual ...
Ecology
Jul 3, 2013
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Mountain lion in San Francisco neighborhood is tranquilized
A mountain lion cornered by a game warden near a San Francisco playground and shot with a tranquilizer gun on Friday has been fitted with a GPS collar and is ready to go back into the wild.
Ecology
Nov 11, 2017
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GPS transmitters can protect animals from poaching
The killing of the lion Cecil in a national park in Zimbabwe by a big-game hunter has sparked worldwide outrage. Researchers at the University of Oxford had outfitted Cecil with a GPS collar to monitor his behaviour. It was ...
Ecology
Aug 7, 2015
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