Do kids make good citizen scientists? This is the question I have been working on for several years with the eMammal citizen science camera trap project…
Automation in Science: What Will Happen to Scientists?
A big part of my dissertation research was identifying individual elephants, a painstaking process that took months of my time…
11 Amazing Camera Trap Photos from Mexico Taken By Kids
Since 2014, students from schools around Guadalajara in Mexico have been setting camera traps around their schools. Here are the 11 amazing camera trap photos from Mexico all taken by kids!
Urban Wildlife: Surprising Finds for Mammals on Camera Traps
Humans are the leading cause of species declines and extinctions across the planet. There is no doubt about that. But more and more, I hear about people’s close encounters with urban wildlife, including my own…
How Do Humans Impact Raccoons?
I have loved raccoons ever since I was a little girl and even have a gold raccoon necklace. One of my best memories of raccoons is in Allegheny State Park, where we used to visit every year…
17 of the Coolest Animals on Mount Kenya
Three years ago, I went on an expedition on Mount Kenya to resurvey mammals from an expedition Teddy Roosevelt led over 100 years ago…