RESEARCH
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Paul Kiboche and Edwin Selempo investigate African lion tracks in a sandy road near Tsavo, Kenya
Sara Lansing and Seargent Joseph Kisio (Kenyan Wildlife Service) collect fresh lion scat with a machete in Tsavo, Kenya
Ed McGowan (NYSDEC) examines a talus pile, or food cache, of an Allegheny woodrat from a cave in Mohonk, New York. Allegheny woodrats were radio-collared in an experimental release. Later, the woodrats died with the most common cause of death being raccoon roundworm. Allegheny woodrats are now extinct in the state. (Photo credit: Al Hicks)
Amielle DeWan (SUNY Albany) checks special "track-tubes" for the footprints of rodent species to discover which eat the seeds of endangered plant species in the Albany Pine Bush.
Vance Gilligan (NYSDEC) investigates a sapling that a moose stripped the bark off to eat. (Photo credit: Al Hicks)
Paul Kiboche and Edwin Selempo investigate African lion tracks in a sandy road near Tsavo, Kenya
Sara Lansing and Seargent Joseph Kisio (Kenyan Wildlife Service) collect fresh lion scat with a machete in Tsavo, Kenya
Ed McGowan (NYSDEC) examines a talus pile, or food cache, of an Allegheny woodrat from a cave in Mohonk, New York. Allegheny woodrats were radio-collared in an experimental release. Later, the woodrats died with the most common cause of death being raccoon roundworm. Allegheny woodrats are now extinct in the state. (Photo credit: Al Hicks)
Amielle DeWan (SUNY Albany) checks special "track-tubes" for the footprints of rodent species to discover which eat the seeds of endangered plant species in the Albany Pine Bush.
Vance Gilligan (NYSDEC) investigates a sapling that a moose stripped the bark off to eat. (Photo credit: Al Hicks)
Study of Animals
Though elusive, mammals are not ghosts and evidence of their activities is surprisingly common once you know what to look for. Mammalogists take advantage of this so-called "animal sign", to gain insights into where and how mammals spend their time.