
Abhishyant Kidangoor
Staff Writer and Video Producer at Mongabay
Staff writer & video producer @mongabay covering environment, climate & conservation tech | Past: @TIME @CNNnews18 | For tips and ideas: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
news.mongabay.com | Abhishyant Kidangoor
Scientists have launched a new database on marine migratory patterns to address gaps in the knowledge of policymakers and conservationists. The Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) database pulled data from 1,300 existing studies in the scientific literature to describe the migratory patterns of 109 mammal, bird and fish species. The database highlights the interconnected nature of marine migrations, and underscores the need for cross-border collaboration in conservation efforts.
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3 weeks ago |
news.mongabay.com | Abhishyant Kidangoor
Scientists are using radio telemetry to map out the home range and habitats of tiger salamanders in the Hamptons in New York. Tiger salamanders spend most of their time in burrows underground; they emerge during breeding season and lay eggs in seasonal pools. Studying their movements and how far they move from the pools is challenging because of their underground lifestyle.
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1 month ago |
news.mongabay.com | Abhishyant Kidangoor
A new report has found that protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon store more aboveground carbon than the rest of the rainforest. Protected areas and Indigenous territories were also found to serve as significant carbon sinks between 2013 and 2022, absorbing 257 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. Protected areas in Colombia, Brazil, Suriname and French Guiana were found to be significant carbon sinks.
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1 month ago |
news.mongabay.com | Abhishyant Kidangoor
A new study has confirmed the long-held belief that birdsongs evolve as a result of age, population dynamics and movement of the birds. Researchers gathered thousands of hours of audio of great tits (Parus major) and used artificial intelligence to analyze songs in the data. They found that birds that move around a lot tended to know the popular songs, while the ones that didn’t had pockets with unique songs.
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1 month ago |
news.mongabay.com | Abhishyant Kidangoor
Snapshot USA is an annual project that aims to collate camera-trap data on mammals from across the country. Since it was launched in 2019, the project has received data from universities, Native American reservations, non-profit organizations and others from across the U.S.Over the past five years, the project has gathered data that include more than 890,000 image captures of mammals from about 12 million raw images.
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