Raccoon facts: Most of the time, raccoons captured in a trap will stay quiet while we’re around. However, they can be very agitated when nobody’s here, and will try to grab everything within reach.
Raccoon facts: Most of the time, raccoons captured in a trap will stay quiet while we’re around. However, they can be very agitated when nobody’s here, and will try to grab everything within reach.
We are recruiting a Data Manager to fill an immediate opening for the position of a Biological Scientist in the lab. The Data Manager will be responsible for the group’s database system, and will assist with multiple projects investigating for instance animal fine-scale movement in urban areas, or migration and range dynamics in the context of climate change.
Raccoon season is over! This was a very successful trapping week! We caught 18 raccoons, including two recaptures. Check out all the details!
Last week, the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation had their annual awards ceremony at Lake Wauburg. Simona was selected as a recipient of the 2018 Florida Wildlife Federation Graduate Student Scholarship!
On April 23rd–24th, we hosted a Data Carpentry workshop to teach basic programming and data management skills to people at FLREC and beyond.
On April 11th–13th, Simona was at the Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society conference to present her research on Wood Storks. Her talk won the award for the best student presentation!
We are recruiting a Master to join our Seabird project, and work seabird movement models.