RESEARCH

A healthy ecosystem is a species-diverse ecosystem! The more native species in a location, the more likely an area is to have strong ecosystem services, benefits that society receives from nature.

We are working to map native and invasive species, understand who has access to the benefits of nature and who might have more invasive species burden (rats, mice, english ivy etc.). 

You can help us by logging sightings of wildlife, plants, fungi, and insects on iNaturalist in your neighborhood! To find out more, please see our Community Science Initiatives. 

We are also working to understand how invasive species affect native species biodiversity. When you contract us to do invasive species removal, we will also do pre, during, and post-removal surveys to understand how invasive plants affect biodiversity in your neighborhood. 

We used salvaged carcasses (roadkill, conflict removal, wildlife rehab) to conduct a lot of our research.

Necropsies are conducted publicly at the Burke Museum, where viewers can watch scientists at work collecting samples. From these carcasses, we can learn about their genetics, diet, overall health, parasite load, and much much more! A genetic sample and the skull of each animal will also live on in the Burke Museum so that they can be researched by anyone in the future.