Tag archives for predators
Posted by In the last three years I’ve worked tirelessly meeting people in the field of cheetah conservation both at home in California and in the countries where the cheetah still roam their natural habitat. From the ambassadors of their species in the United States to the wild cats of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, the journey…
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First it was the raccoons. Next came the coyotes. And then? Bigger carnivores. Urban and suburban areas in North America are home to a lot of small, wild predators, and now scientists believe that the coyote’s success in adapting to an urban lifestyle could pave the way for larger carnivores to move in. Ohio State…
Predator Dinner Party? Badgers and Coyotes Work Together on the Prairie
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on July 20, 2012 Over the last century, biologists have worked hard to document a rather odd pair of hunting buddies: the coyote and the badger. While the nature of their relationship has been debated – is it truly symbotic or merely more efficient? – it is a fascinating natural phenomenon to observe. Of course, the interaction between the…
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Only if you are a young coho salmon, or similar aquatic species.
A new study published in the latest edition of Ecological Applications reports that small amounts of copper in water can deaden a salmon’s sense of smell, which normally alerts the fish to the presence of predators.
In Namibia, I visited a foundation with their ear to the ground on the latest technological developments in conservation. From cyber-stalking their GPS collared cheetah via Google Earth and Sirtrack to scanning footprints (spoor) into an analytical database, N/a’an ku sê Foundation is combining new tech with on-the-ground analogue (so to speak) work in the…
I asked Cheetah Conservation Botswana’s researcher, Jane Horgan, why they needed to capture and collar a female cheetah. “We wanted home range and movement data to look at the movements of cheetahs through the Ghanzi farmlands. Information about how far they move in a day, how large their home ranges are, how long they stay…
Is Tourism Good for South Africa’s Great White Sharks?
Posted by Leon Marshall of Environmental Journalist, News Watch South African Contributor on January 17, 2012 
Shark cage-diving has become big business in South Africa, luring visitors from all parts of the world. Conservationists say that the tourism could be good for the overall image people have of sharks, and the ecosystems the predators need to survive.
Nat Geo WILD: Know Your Sharks—The Bull Shark
Posted by Meg Gleason of National Geographic Channels in Shark Attack Experiment LIVE on November 22, 2011 
Unlike the dusky shark previously profiled, the bull shark is one of the three shark species notorious for attacking humans (with the great white and tiger shark rounding out the top three). Because the bull shark frequents shallow warm waters across the world, which happen to include high-population tropical shorelines, these attacks likely take place…
Posted by Marine researchers chumming the ocean to lure sharks closer to their vessel off South Africa’s southwestern Cape coast got more than they wished for when a half-ton (500 kilogram) great white shark leaped into their boat.
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What one-ton fish armed with rows of dagger-like teeth can rocket ten feet out of the ocean in pursuit of its prey? None other than the great white shark, a super predator that has honed its killing skills over hundreds of millions of years. Husband-and-wife photography team Chris and Monique Fallows share their pictures, experiences, and insights collected over many years of following sharks and other predators in Africa.
The 19 photos in the post may be enlarged by clicking on them individually.
Posted by Gamebag records have been recognized as useful population indicators by British biologists for over a century. Analyzing bag records and taking five- and ten-year averages provide comparisons of performance between moors, the ability to assess the implementation of management practices, such as heather burning (muirburn), and a window on the cyclical pattern of grouse diseases like strongyle worm.
National Geographic Big Cats Initiative grantee Anne Kent Taylor continues her blogging from the Maasai Mara, Kenya. Her project to fence traditional livestock enclosures is designed to keep lions, leopards, and hyenas at bay. Now she finds that honey badgers are also being thwarted.
Posted by Workin’ 9 to 5 isn’t just for Dolly Parton and the rest of us humans–some wild critters also toil to eke out a living.
