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This video follows an international team of researchers as they collect data to map migratory bird populations in the US and Mexico.

In this activity, students use an interactive tool to simulate how scientists collected and used sample data to estimate elephant population sizes.

This Click & Learn shows that keystone species exist across a variety of ecosystems and can exert their influence in different ways.

In this Click & Learn, students explore mathematical models that describe how populations change over time and apply these models to the invasive lionfish population in the Bahamas. They also use data from other species to learn how density-dependent factors limit population size.

In this video, ecologist Tony Sinclair takes us through the steps of how he uncovered that the eradication of an infectious disease in cattle led to a boom in the Serengeti’s buffalo and wildebeest numbers.

This film explores the foundational research in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, that uncovered many of the ecological principles that govern how animal populations and communities are regulated.

This film explores the species-area relationship, a general ecological rule that describes how the number of species in a habitat changes with area, and shows how it has been applied to the conservation of protected areas.

This interactive module allows students to collect and analyze data from a virtual river to construct biomass and energy pyramids.

This interactive module explores niche partitioning, a mechanism that enables similar species of animals to coexist.

This interactive simulation allows students to explore two classic mathematical models that describe how populations change over time: the exponential and logistic growth models.

This interactive module connects to an online citizen science platform for identifying animals in photos collected by trail cameras in Darién and Soberanía National Parks in Panama.

This interactive module explores examples of how changes in one species can affect species at other trophic levels and ultimately the entire ecosystem.