Reese Brown, an undergrad in the Kohl Lab recently received a $5,000 grant from the UGA Sustainability Office to add Audio Recording Units (ARU) to our Athens Urban Wildlife Study. Reese has been leading our Athens project since December of 2024. She plans to use the ARU data as part of her senior thesis lookingContinue reading “Reese Receives UGA Sustainability Grant”
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Sage-grouse Science
We recently had two new papers come out of our work in Utah on Sage-grouse. Melissa Chelak (PhD 2024 – Utah State University) recently published some long-term collaborative work examining the performance of GPS backpacks on sage-grouse. The paper is HERE. Right around the same time, I was fortunate to push out a cool newContinue reading “Sage-grouse Science”
Dr. Kohl Receives TWS Fellows Award
Dr. Kohl was recently named a 2024 Fellow of The Wildlife Society! This award recognizes current TWS members who have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to the wildlife profession. TWS Fellows serve as ambassadors of The Wildlife Society and are encouraged to engage in outreach and other activities that will benefit and promote both TWSContinue reading “Dr. Kohl Receives TWS Fellows Award”
Life of an Urban Coyote
Curious about where urban coyotes go when the sun sets? After reviewing hundreds of hours of video footage from specialized camera collars, Carson Daniel (MNR 2023) just helped coordinate a social media campaign surrounding the data she spend the last year painstakingly going through. Because of that, we now have a sneak peek into whatContinue reading “Life of an Urban Coyote”
First Box Turtle Paper
Ryan (MS 2024) had his first chapter published. His research looks at the reproduction and genetic integration of confiscated box turtles back into the wild.
New Research from Athens Urban Wildlife Project
We had two recent papers come out using data from our Athens Urban Wildlife Project. The first looks at Mammal response to Covid lockdowns, and the second examines the role of gentrification on wildlife biodiversity across urban areas.
New Alligator Research
It was awesome to help Laura on this cool alligator research on the Savannah River Site. Laura is now moved onto the UC – Davis to work on her PhD studying giant garter snakes.
New Mojave Desert Tortoise Paper
Collin Richter (M.S. 2022) had his first paper come out in Global Ecology and Conservation. You can read the paper open access here.
Wildlife Atlanta Post
Check out a nice little write-up on our new Wildlife Atlanta Project. To date, we have deployed 3 GPS units, with hopefully 12 more to go, on coyotes around Atlanta. See the link for more information on the study! bit.ly/WildlifeAtlanta
Wildlife Atlanta Project Up and Running!
Our Wildlife Atlanta Project has started the new year off with a bang as PhD student Summer Fink successfully collared her first Atlanta Coyote! This blonde female weighed in at 17 kg, putting her on the very large size. Over the next 1.5 years, this GPS collar will monitor her daily movements to help us understand how coyotes move through the urban landscape. If things go as planned, this will just be the start as we hope to collar up to 15 coyotes this winter. For more information, check out our WildlifeAtlanta.org website and stay tuned for more information!
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