By William M. Hammond, Marie E.B. Stone, and Paul A. Stone. Read the full paper here. When you ask an ecologist to describe a landscape—they will often begin by describing the organisms or features of that landscape that are most familiar. A forest ecologist may begin by describing the trees, while an ecohydrologist may first... Continue Reading →
By Katarzyna Nowak, Aerin Jacob, Shane Richards, Don Reid, and Greg Newman. Read the full paper here. Featured image shows one of the “crown jewels” of our camera trapping season in the southern Yukon: A photo of an adult billy on the steep slopes above the Klondike Highway and Windy Arm of Tagish Lake on... Continue Reading →
Blog written by Josh Tyler. Read the full paper here. Featured photo by Gemma Clucas. How many species of bird are there? Depending on who you ask, that number can range from 9,000 to 20,000, which is usually down to which definition of species you use. Often when a new species of bird is discovered,... Continue Reading →
Blog written by Holly English and Anthony Caravaggi. Read the full paper here. Photo of captive red-necked wallaby by Claire Bushell. The answer to that question may surprise you. The red-necked wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) may be synonymous with Australia, but it also shows up in some more surprising places. Popular in zoos and proving themselves... Continue Reading →
Blog written by Theresa Hügel and Holger Goerlitz. Read the full paper here. For millennia, humankind has modified its environment by working the land to harvest crops, building traps or lures to hunt animals, or logging wood to build huts and start fires providing warmth and light. These modifications have massively expanded, first by population... Continue Reading →
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