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November 12, 2018
Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) are a migratory raptor species that utilize the open spaces of San Diego County, although they can be found from the frozen plains of Canada down to the open pampas of Patagonia...
November 12, 2018
On a gray Friday morning I piled into a truck with five others and headed south in search Dehesa nolina, or Dehesa beargrass (Nolina interrata), known to occur across the Mexican border near the vineyards of Valle...
November 06, 2018
Polar bears live in a remote and inhospitable environment. They can move remarkable distances on the sea ice, they’re large, and carnivorous. These traits have made polar bears exceptionally challenging to...
November 06, 2018
Last year, we began working in the Masoala National Park in northeast Madagascar, the island nation’s largest protected forest. The Masoala National Park encompasses most of the peninsula for which it is...
November 06, 2018
Over the past few years, northern Kenya experienced one of the worst droughts on record. As a result, people, livestock, and wildlife suffered greatly. Resources scarce and water limited, giraffe populations were...
October 31, 2018
This morning, at around 8 am while visiting the release site, I watched three of the released Aga flirting with small gusts of wind; tonight, only 15 hours later, I sit in our dark house, with electric power gone,...
October 23, 2018
I don’t know very much about plants. As a botany intern, that makes me a bit of an oddball amongst my colleagues, who might be proud of me for learning the scientific names of the most common tree species in...
October 23, 2018
As a Rookies for Recovery intern with the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, all senses have to be on deck, especially when you are working alongside the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Palm...
October 23, 2018
On a hot June morning, I’m slowly walking through creosote scrub in the Sonoran Desert to survey for flat-tailed horned lizards (FTHL). To find these camouflaged lizards, I need to locate footprints and...
October 23, 2018
Blip, blip. I turn the antenna left and the steady “blip” weakens… colder. I turn the antenna right and the “blip” is louder. Warmer, so I step towards it. If you just follow the...
