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Bottom-dwelling creatures in the Chesapeake Bay need more oxygen, study finds.

Bottom-dwelling creatures in the Chesapeake Bay need more oxygen, study finds.

A recent survey of the bottom-dwelling animals of the Chesapeake has revealed that communities of even these relatively hardy organisms are under stress. Many regions of the bay are becoming inhospitable to bottom-dwelling animals because of a lack of oxygen—a condition known as “hypoxia.” [...more]

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Appalachian Trail survey aims hidden cameras at large predators

Appalachian Trail survey aims hidden cameras at large predators

Describing his project of counting bears, bobcats and other predatory mammals along the Appalachian Trail, National Zoological Park wildlife ecologist William McShea looks to American literature for a comparison. [...more]

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Caught on camera!

This short video of an ocelot was taken by Smithsonian scientists during a recent camera-trap survey of these animals in the Peruvian Amazon.[...more]

(Courtesy of Joseph Kolowski)
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