What is a new thing in the field of Biology that you are excited about?

Ask a Biologist Monday 1/1/24

Answers from Biologists:

• The Colorado wolf reintroduction.

• Lidar.

• Drones for wildlife and wild rice monitoring.

• Updates to Program MARK.

• The use of ring doorbells as opportunistic camera traps.

• Molecular clock ageing.

• Environmental DNA.

• A noninvasive, reliable CWD test for live animals.

• Scanner technology that makes 3D models of organisms without euthanasia.

• Use of drones.

• The extra weight given to opinions of marginalized communities driving new innovation.

• The increased research on homosexual behavior in wildlife.

• Backpack eDNA sampler from Smith-Root.

• Use of drones for radio tracking.

• Safe use of drones in many aspects.

• The use of drones for surveying replacing helicopter surveys in many areas.

• Drones for surveying and more.

• Machine learning for camera trap and ARU analysis.

• GPR ear tags developing further and someday used for short term capture outcomes.