COVID-19 is eroding scientific field work – and our knowledge of how the world is changing
The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting scientific field work across North America, leaving blank spots in important data sets and making it harder to track ecological change.
Casey Setash, PhD student in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
• conversation
May 19, 2020 • ~9 min
May 19, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: climate-change covid-19 biology nature ecology coronavirus-2020 wildlife ducks phenology massachusetts migratory-birds colorado thoreau field-research
You're not going far from home – and neither are the animals you spy out your window
With careful observation, you can start to recognize that one sassy squirrel or the cardinal pair who call your neighborhood home.
Julian Avery, Assistant Research Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Pennsylvania State University
• conversation
May 11, 2020 • ~9 min
May 11, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: birds wildlife squirrels urban-wildlife habitat lizards birdwatching rabbits wildlife-ecology migratory-birds bird-watching
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