GPS Tracking Follows Lone Wolf Into California TAGS: california | GPS tracking collar | Journey | Lone Wolf | OR7 | wildlife Email According to GPS tracking data, last month California received its first visit from a wolf in nearly a century. The wolf, who has been dubbed Journey as a result of …Continue reading →

GPS Helps Scientists Track Flooding in Africa TAGS: africa | african flooding | wildlife Email A season of unusually high flooding in the African country of Namibia has scientists scrambling to gather data. The normally arid country has turned green due to an intense rainy …Continue reading →

15-Month Old Tracked Lion Struck and Killed TAGS: lions | mountain lions | wildlife Email A 15 month old male mountain lion being tracked by park officials at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California was struck by a car and killed while …Continue reading →

Is GPS Damaging to Birds? TAGS: bird tracking | red kites | wildlife Email British researchers are quickly becoming concerned about the GPS tracking equipment used to track wild birds. This equipment is often attached to wild birds, so that scientists can study bird …Continue reading →

Popular Penguin May Have Become Prey TAGS: happy feet | penguin | wildlife Email Last week, we told you about a penguin nicknamed Happy Feet. This penguin washed ashore and was brought back to health by a team of scientists. Just last week, Happy …Continue reading →

What Will Grizzly Bears Eat Now? Scientists and Adventurers Aim to Find Out. TAGS: grizzly bears | wildlife Email Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation, along with a team of wildlife advocates, partnered up for a recent outing in Montana’s Centennial Mountains. The task at hand was to locate signs …Continue reading →

Mountain Lion Struck by SUV. GPS Aims to Help. TAGS: expansion | lions | wildlife | wolverine Email The United States is a great big place offering a variety of landscapes: booming cities, sleepy towns, and areas of wilderness offering unparallelled sights and experiences.  These spaces are shrinking, …Continue reading →

Estonian Scientists Tracking Werewolves TAGS: werewolves | wildlife | Wolves Email Estonian wolves have long been the stuff that stories are made of. The legendary werewolf tales seem to have originated in that part of the world. Perhaps that’s why scientists …Continue reading →

Cuckoo Birds Facing Extinction: GPS May Help TAGS: animals | cuckoo birds | wildlife Email Scientists in the UK are hoping to find out what is happening to the cuckoos, whose numbers in that area have declined by two thirds.  They intend to trap the …Continue reading →

Helping Hedgehogs With GPS TAGS: hedgehogs | wildlife Email The Godley Valley area of New Zealand’s South Island is not a place where you would expect to see hedgehogs running around with small GPS tracking in the form of …Continue reading →