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Golden Eagle Helicopter Survey
During the second week of March, I participated in a helicopter survey of golden eagles and their nests along the rugged, remote, and spectacular ridges and canyons of the Sierra de Juárez Mountains in...
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Condors: Quest for the Egg
Female condor #284 enters her nest.April has been a very busy and exciting month for the San Diego Zoo’s California condor project. Condor field managers and researchers have been using VHF and GPS...
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Measuring Wind beneath Condor Wings
A condor's eye view? Flying over condor habitat in Baja California, Mexico.Last month, we conducted an expedition to install a series of meteorological stations on the remote and inaccessible eastern...
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“Carrion” Research to the Next Level
James holds a California condor egg produced in the wild. I have been on the trail of the California condor for some years now. And what a trail it is, from shimmering cactus-studded deserts baking...
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Space, The Final Frontier for Conservation Research
Miniaturized and “ruggedized” field computers enable data to be collected accurately and consistently directly from the wild. Spatial ecology, the fastest-growing field of study in ecology, is a...
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An Eye in the Sky for Polar Bear Conservation Research
Recent rapid advances in the development of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), sometimes called drones, have opened up incredible opportunities for conservation research. These small, lightweight, and...
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New Tools for Conservation Research: Unmanned Aerial Systems
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), sometimes called drones, offer enormous potential as research tools for conservation scientists. These small aircraft are rapidly increasing in technological...
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