Where Wildlife, Humans, & Ecology Meet
Ecology Blueprints explores the interconnected systems that link wildlife, humans, and their habitats—through science, observation, and hands-on learning.
Because no organism exists alone. When you understand food webs, habitat, and pressure, the species make sense. Ecology isn’t about memorizing animals—it’s about understanding relationships and outcomes.
Bears use dens while hibernating during the wintertime. These dens are only used for this purpose and aren’t used year-round.
Biotic potential is the number of offspring a mother may produce, given the environmental conditions in which she resides.
Once considered extinct, these wolves have been one of the world’s most endangered species. This film explores the recovery of the Mexican Wolf, poses questions, and examines the story of Mexican Wolves in a way never seen before.
Andean Condors, or Vultur Gryphus, are some of the biggest birds that have the ability to fly. They weigh up to 33 pounds, stand at four feet tall, and their wingspan, which is longer than other raptors, stretches over ten feet.
The ESA wasn’t the first law passed to help wildlife, but it was the first one to really put something into action to save threatened and endangered species.
While it may seem odd that a wolf would leave their pack and go off on their own, it’s actually essential to the survival of the species overall.
A wolf’s fur is really important. It helps them survive the harsh elements they face in their environments.
Wolves are incredibly important carnivores. Although they’ve been considered dangerous by many and have been hunted for centuries, wolves actually have a very positive impact on their environments.
Starting a career in biology is hard. It’s easy to feel lost.
The researcher checking into using barn owls as a natural form of vertebrate pest control, Sara Kross, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis’ Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, conducted her studies in California’s Central Valley.
The Canis lupus occidentalis which also goes by the Mackenzie Valley wolf, the Alaskan timber wolf, the Canadian timber wolf, or the rocky mountain wolf, was classified as a gray wolf subspecies in 1829 by Sir John Robinson, M.
