Our Work

We train dogs to detect data for researchers, land managers, and NGOs. Our experienced detection dogs teams locate their targets regardless of terrain and vegetation. The dogs are non-invasive and the humans are skilled at collecting samples while preserving DNA for sequencing.

Our dog teams are particularly experienced in wind farm post-construction monitoring and carnivore scat detection (including wolves, California's coastal carnivores, and neotropical felids).

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Project Catalog

We unite expert detection dog teams with researchers to collect critical data for conservation.
Through mentorship, education, and collaboration, we’re shaping the future of canine-powered science.

Alaskan Wolves

Project goals: estimate wolf occupancy on outlier islands, quantify the frequency of occurrence of prey species through wolf scat, and assess population connectivity between islands.

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Coastal Carnivores

Project goals: identify the presence and diet of mountain lions, bobcats, bears, and coyotes in the coastal zones of California through scat detection and analysis.

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Wind Energy

Project goals: assist in post-construction monitoring at wind energy facilities to detect bird and bat fatalities.

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Painted Blade Study

Project goals: the study focuses on how the painted blades affect fatality rates for eagles, diurnal non-eagle birds, and bats. Experts hypothesize that both eagles and diurnal non-eagle birds can perceive painted blades, resulting in higher turbine avoidance.

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Texan Ocelots

Project goals: assist with estimates of ocelot density on a wildlife refuge and a privately owned ranch in South Texas through scat detection. The Spatial and Population Ecology of Carnivores Lab has already started to monitor these ocelots using scat collection, camera traps, GPS tracking collars, and spatially explicit capture-recapture methods.

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Mesoamerican Carnivores

Project goals: assist in scat detection and collection for species including jaguar, puma, ocelot, margay, and tayra to aid in food web analysis in the Petén Region of Guatemala.

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Project Catalog

Texan Ocelots

Project goals: assist with estimates of ocelot density on a wildlife refuge and a privately owned ranch in South Texas through scat detection. The Spatial and Population Ecology of Carnivores Lab has already started to monitor these ocelots using scat collection, camera traps, GPS tracking collars, and spatially explicit capture-recapture methods.

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Painted Blade Study

Project goals: the study focuses on how the painted blades affect fatality rates for eagles, diurnal non-eagle birds, and bats. Experts hypothesize that both eagles and diurnal non-eagle birds can perceive painted blades, resulting in higher turbine avoidance.

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Alaskan Wolves

Project goals: estimate wolf occupancy on outlier islands, quantify the frequency of occurrence of prey species through wolf scat, and assess population connectivity between islands.

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Coastal Carnivores

Project goals: identify the presence and diet of mountain lions, bobcats, bears, and coyotes in the coastal zones of California through scat detection and analysis.

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Wind Energy

Project goals: assist in post-construction monitoring at wind energy facilities to detect bird and bat fatalities.

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Mesoamerican Carnivores

Project goals: assist in scat detection and collection for species including jaguar, puma, ocelot, margay, and tayra to aid in food web analysis in the Petén Region of Guatemala.

Learn More