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Collars or Cameras: How Do Researchers Best Monitor Wildlife?
Wildlife researchers are increasingly shifting to trail cams to monitor wildlife populations.
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Curlews for Conservation: Tracking a Migratory Grassland Bird
Long-billed curlews are kings of camouflage, but tracking them reveals their nesting and migratory habits.
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Restoring Beavers by Plane and Automobile
Parachuting beavers? The remarkable story of restoring nature’s engineers.
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Owls in the Outhouse: Opening the Bathroom Door on a Foul Bird Issue
There’s an owl in the toilet – and that’s not a joke. Here’s why birds get into outhouses and what we can do about it.
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You Won’t Believe How This Desert Toad Survives Drought
A Great Basin spadefoot toad might hunker down for a decade waiting for Mother Nature to produce a puddle.
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What Happens When You Plant a Pile of Bear Scat?
A biologist plants a pile of bear scat. What pops up surprised even her.
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Snow on the Hoof: How Deer, Elk and Other Western Wildlife Cope in Harsh Winters
Mule deer, elk and other hoofed mammals in the Rocky Mountain West migrate to escape winter. But what happens when they find more snow?
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Get Up Close and Personal With a Grizzly: Trapping Bears for Science
Researchers in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are tracking grizzly bears to learn their movements. Our journalist gets you up close to the tracking operation.
