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Supporting Indigenous-led biodiversity monitoring

March 8, 2023 - The Ring

Louie Lopez has been awarded a Liber Ero Post-Doctoral Fellowship to conduct Indigenous-led environmental DNA (eDNA) ecosystem monitoring with the Chipewyan Prairie Dene and Cold Lake First Nations in Alberta.

Read more: Supporting Indigenous-led biodiversity monitoring
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What do humpback whales eat in the depths?

March 6, 2023 - The Ring

Thanks to DNA analysis and more than a dozen difficult-to-source fecal samples, researchers are starting to understand what humpbacks eat in the deep waters of the Salish Sea.

Read more: What do humpback whales eat in the depths?
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Microplastics may pose a greater threat to marine food webs

June 26, 2022 - The Conversation

Microplastics may pose a greater threat to marine food webs

Read more: Microplastics may pose a greater threat to marine food webs
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Grunts, boops, chatters and squeals — fish are noisy creatures

March 13, 2022 - The Conversation

Grunts, boops, chatters and squeals — fish are noisy creatures

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On the trail of vanishing mountain goats

March 11, 2022 -

Early insights by Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation about mountain goats motivated the community to explore how to protect the culturally vital species and led to research with UVic scientists and others.

Read more: On the trail of vanishing mountain goats
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Indigenous research highlights loss of biodiversity

July 29, 2021 -

New research by Indigenous knowledge holders shows the cumulative effects of industry on declining populations of moose, black bears, and lynx in the Canadian oil sands.

Read more: Indigenous research highlights loss of biodiversity
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Together we can protect and restore our oceans

June 7, 2021 -

On June 8, UVic celebrates the role the oceans play in our lives. Our blue planet is truly special and UN-designated World Oceans Day is the perfect opportunity to come together to protect it.

Read more: Together we can protect and restore our oceans
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Game-changing tool tracks DNA

May 28, 2021 - knowlEDGE

The emerging science of environmental DNA (eDNA) is transforming our ability to identify and quantify creatures passing through local habitats, says University of Victoria biochemist, Caren Helbing.

Read more: Game-changing tool tracks DNA
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How wildfires affect climate change — and vice versa

May 19, 2021 - The Conversation

How wildfires affect climate change — and vice versa

Read more: How wildfires affect climate change — and vice versa
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Training facial recognition on furry friends: Bears

November 11, 2020 - New York Times

Training facial recognition on furry friends: Bears

Read more: Training facial recognition on furry friends: Bears
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Facial recognition AI software identifies individual bears

November 6, 2020 -

A new method of AI called deep learning was developed by UVic researchers and private software engineers to detect and identify individual grizzly bears from photographs.

Read more: Facial recognition AI software identifies individual bears
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Researchers detect flawed statistics in wolf-caribou study

July 14, 2020 -

A new study overturns the conclusions of an influential paper last year on management actions to slow the decline of endangered mountain caribou in BC and Alberta. By including a fundamental statistical step, the researchers including UVic’s Chris Darimont revealed a very different result from the earlier work.

Read more: Researchers detect flawed statistics in wolf-caribou study
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Raincoast Research Chair in Applied Conservation Science

July 9, 2020 -

Donor funding expands a lab’s research, and teaching and outreach programs in community-driven applied conservation science.

Read more: Raincoast Research Chair in Applied Conservation Science
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Spirit bear hair reveals new genetic secrets

July 6, 2020 - The New York Times

Spirit bear hair reveals new genetic secrets

Read more: Spirit bear hair reveals new genetic secrets
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Scientists discover cacophony of fish ‘farts, burps and coughs’

April 7, 2020 - Media release

Fish air movement sounds—farts, burps and coughs—are music to fish ecologists’ ears when it comes to discovering biological sounds in freshwater habitats, giving scientists a better understanding of aquatic ecosystems and potential threats from human-caused noises.

Read more: Scientists discover cacophony of fish ‘farts, burps and coughs’
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Wildlife cameras act as early warning system to detect animal decline

December 9, 2019 -

Sandra Frey, MA grad in the School of Environmental Studies, received the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation–Master’s for her breakthrough work with wildlife camera data collection as an early warning system to detect and prevent wildlife decline, and manage land-use policies.

Read more: Wildlife cameras act as early warning system to detect animal decline

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