We use ecological research to address pressing species conservation problems. Our conservation toolbox includes developing and testing conservation breeding techniques, reintroduction and translocation strategies, and monitoring and management in species recovery programs. We use approaches that integrate behavioral ecology, population ecology, and spatial ecology with other disciplines.
The ‘alalā, also known as the Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) may look very similar to mainland crows and ravens but something important sets them apart. ‘Alalā love to eat fruit!...
For the staff members, the day began at 6 am where we congregated in the lab, began counting the mountain yellow-legged frog (MYLF) tadpoles and transferring them from their tanks to transport...
Can you remember back to the bird houses we built when we were kids? They were just a few crude pieces of plywood slapped together! But that plywood magically filled our yards with the beauty of...
This summer lots of people (myself included) have been spending large amounts of time, phone battery power and data trying to catch Pokémon in the augmented reality video game Pokémon Go. Like a...
Tracking desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert just outside Las Vegas, Nevada is what the San Diego Zoo Global’s desert tortoise research team does on a weekly basis. The team releases captive...
