In The News
Arizona Daily Star
February 15, 2024
Citizen Scientists Support Big Cat Research in Arizona
- Analeise Mayor
Jaguars in Arizona - Dr. Melanie Culver & Susan Malusa
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Melanie Culver & Susan Malusa.
From 2011 to 2015, Melanie and Sue led an extensive Jaguar and Ocelot field monitoring campaign in the borderlands of Arizona. Since then, the monitoring project has transitioned into a citizen science monitoring program, which continues to actively collect field data across southern Arizona, recording Jaguar and Ocelot data and other rare species seldom seen across the southwest. In this conversation, Melanie and Sue share their insights and expertise on the Arizona Jaguars and other big Felids of the Southwest.
Project Hopes to Photograph Jaguars, Ocelots Near Tucson
-Christopher Conover
Camera traps are set up at more than 200 places in the mountains surrounding the city. Researchers from the U.S. Geologic Survey and the University of Arizona are taking part in a three-year project to photograph jaguars and ocelots living in Tucson's mountains.
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