Friday, August 2, 2013

Some cub cuteness for those of you who need a smile!

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This is a video of George Costanza playing with Terodactyl, a young female, while George's mother Log Cabin (aka LogC) rests in the b...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Winter in Kenya

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The migration is here and with it hot dry winds and brisk chill nights. It has not rained since the herds of wildebeest started to arriv...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Target, Interrupted

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By Moira Donovan, IRES 2013 Hey there! I’m Moira, one of the new IRES students assisting the lab this summer. I’m currently sta...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Alien Abduction!

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I don’t know if you would remember from last summer, but part of my research is looking at hyenas’ boldness. So, I have been doing tests wi...
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Monday, July 1, 2013

Lab work in the field: Embracing my inner MacGyver

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By Benjamin Hochfelder, IRES 2013 Photos, left to right: Lab work in the Grand Tetons, in the hyen...
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Friday, June 28, 2013

Pains, strains and automobiles: Welcome to field research in the Mara.

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By Emily Thorne, IRES 2013 If you have ever had to pull to the side of the freeway at night, get down on your hands and knees...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Introducing some new bloggers - the IRES 2013 students

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This is Stephanie Dloniak, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Zoology at MSU, Hyena Project alumnus, and wildlife biologist and scien...
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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Can a hyena grieve?

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Emma nurses Rama while Tinsel stands nearby. Photo credit to Julie Turner.  Emma is behaving like a mother hyena in mourning. One ma...
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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Battle for the Elephant Carcass

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A lot of the time, we barely see our hyenas. On the Serena side especially, there’s tall grass that makes it very hard to find them, and wh...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Happy Zebra clan takes down a buffalo calf.

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Saw my first hunt and kill a few nights ago and it was incredible! We (a grad student, IRES undergrad student, and I) left camp at 5 ...