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marie martin @mellenmartin.bsky.social · 21d

new pub out — Yosemite is a perfect (and picturesque) place to show how heterogeneity can shape species distributions and foraging patterns. Grateful to Yosemite NP, Levi & Sacks labs & @roguedogs.bsky.social for their collaboration 💗

A two row figure displaying the occupancy patterns of bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens (top row) in Yosemite and how canopy cover, heterogeneity in canopy cover, and topography/snowpack (bottom row) shaped these patterns of occurrence.

A two panel figure diet patterns of bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens via composition of major prey groups detected through high-throughout sequencing (left figure) and how inter specific diets overlapped in niche space (right panel)

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Sep 12

Climbing to new heights for noninvasive wildlife research! Our #ConservationDogs are currently on assignment for endangered Sierra Nevada red fox surveys in the Eastern Sierras. The views are epic, but to get here takes some effort 😅🐾🤘🏽 Work in collaboration w California Dept of Fish & Wildlife

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Aug 6

Newsletter Launch! 🚀👩🏽‍🚀: roguedogs.org

Join us as we share our Conservation K9's stories:

🐾 Meet the wildlife we sniff for
🧬 Learn about our noninvasive research
⚙️ Revel in our gear reviews
💅🏽 Get pro tips from our Bounders
💝 Squee over our 🐕‍🦺 adoption stories
🐕 Support our conservation efforts

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Jul 28

Look what Rogue Ranger found during his wildlife detection surveys! Our dog teams follow the clues to find the data, and sometimes it leads us to fun field finds like this elk shed.

Atta boy, Ranger!🦌

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Jul 18

Learn about this impawtent pilot project in this short 🎥! youtu.be/ghF2zscnYpM?...

Invasive European Green Crab Detection Utilizing Conservation Dog Teams

YouTube video by Rogue Detection Teams

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Jul 18

Careful you don't get pinched, Jax!

Wildlife Dog, Jax, on assignment for 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 🦀 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘴) in pawtnership w @noaa.gov

Traditional lands of the qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌, Makah Tribe

A black and white dog with floppy ears carefully inspects a green crab with pinchers stretched towards the dog's nose, during odor detection work.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · May 24

Penguin poop gives off ammonia, which enhances cloud formation and cools coastal Antarctica, allowing more penguins to poop there, probably. 🐧🧪

Penguin guano is an important source of climate-relevant aerosol particles in Antarctica - Communications Earth & Environment

Penguin colonies emit gaseous ammonia that enhances new particle formation processes in Antarctica, according to online observations of gaseous ammonia and aerosol particles from a coastal site in Ant...

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · May 14

📣 Help our #ConservationDogs prepare for their "impawtent" role as #Bumblebee Nest Detection Dogs!

We're looking for BB nests to teach our dogs the odor! 👇🏽🐝🐕‍🦺

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · May 4

We would not be who we are today without our 🌈 Dogs. We hope they know that our #ConservationDog program exists because of their special souls.

Thank you for your service to #nature & #wildlife.
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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · May 4

And can we get some Paws Up for our retired and semi-retired crew??! 😍 These pups may have slowed down, but they ♥️ still love their "job" for #wildlife, and will assist in gentle detection projects. 👉🏽 🐛🦋🐝🐢

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · May 4

A special nod to our Seasonal Rogues 🤘🏽🐕‍🦺 : The personal #WildlifeDogs of our seasonal Bounders (👈🏽 Our word for our Detection Dog Handlers).

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · May 4

We're 🍀 and adopted these 4 "newbs" into our #ConservationDog family this past year 🥲🥰👇🏽

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · May 4

Meet Our pack of Wildlife Detection Dogs!: A field guide to the many furry faces of @roguedogs.bsky.social 👉🏽🐕‍🦺🌍

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Apr 23

Happy #EarthDay from our pack of #ConservationDogs. From semi-retired (Filson, L), to new recruit (Echo, R), our dog teams work diligently in service to the environment, detecting data on wildlife. Whatever may come, we are grateful to "pawtner" with such dedicated cowoofers in service to nature 🌎🐕‍🦺

A cattle dog with an open mouth and long tongue, "smiling" after playing fetch with an Earth shaped ball.

A cattle dog with an open mouth "smiles" at the camera standing in front of an Earth shaped ball he is playing fetch with.

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Mar 18

Honored to present at the Endangered Wildlife Trust, African K9s in Conservation Conference 2025. We're sharing the legacy of #ConservationK9 Scooby who spent 2 yrs sniffing for lions, cheetah, leopards & wild dogs in 🇿🇦 & 🇲🇿. Find this research: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Mar 13

🧪 This is *why* our Wildlife Detection Dogs work so hard to detect data of endangered species... It's all about the 💩!

🎥: Sierra Nevada red 🦊 surveys w Dr. Sacks's Mammalian Ecology & Conservation Unit at @ucdavis.bsky.social Veterinary Medicine, featuring our #ConservationK9s, Filson & Whisper.

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Mar 10

🧪 @npr.org's #science podcast, Short Wave interviewed @roguedogs.bsky.social's C. Yee about her work alongside #ConservationK9 Jack for orca research! Get the scoop:

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www.npr.org/2025/03/05/1...

How a dog's nose became a powerful tool for science and conservation : Short Wave

On their second job ever, Collette Yee and her partner were assigned a difficult job: locate transient whale poop in the ocean before it sinks. Luckily, Collette was partnered with Jack, a blue heeler...

www.npr.org

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Feb 28

Thank you! We're keeping our paws crossed that many of our wildlife projects will still occur. It's just a scary waiting game. 🤞🏾

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Feb 25

Just got our 1st call, likely not the last: one of our wildlife projects is at risk. We rescue shelter 🐕, who 💕 🥎, to find endangered species & support noninvasive wildlife research. That's it. We don’t ask for much. Just the chance to help our natural world. Uncertain times ahead. 😔💙🌎

A tan dog wearing an orange working dog vest smiles at the camera with his tongue out. He is resting under a fern near a yellow ball. His name is Crash and he sniffs for invasive snails to assist endangered snail research.

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Feb 25

What the actual? 🤬

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Feb 25

Gorgeous! 🐳

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Feb 25

These are beyond cute and put a smile on our faces at a time when we really needed one. Thank you. 🦝🦦

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Rogue Detection Teams @roguedogs.bsky.social · Feb 25

Signed. ✊🏽🐾

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Feb 21

Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.

secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

secure.ucsusa.org

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