Are you curious about what other mammals share the Wildlife Sanctuary with us? You are not alone.
Starting in the summer of 2022, students involved in the Incubator Program began collecting photographs from trail cameras placed in the Wildlife Sanctuary. Starting the following fall, Biology 181 students gained the opportunity to peruse the collection of photographs to augment the annual bioblitz during which we aim to identify as many organisms as we can in the Wildlife Sanctuary.
In addition to students in these two groups contributing to our understanding of what mammals occur in the Wildlife Sanctuary, the students who are part of the MassMammals program now oversee collection and curation of photographs so that these detections can be used as a part of that project which seeks to engage the community in science by learning more about the wildlife living in their neighborhoods. As the program grows, MassMammals will also learn more about mammal distributions, how mammals are interacting with humans, and explore differences in behavior relative to landscape use.
