radio collar
noun
: a collar with an attached radio transmitter that is put on an animal so that its movements in its natural habitat can be remotely monitored
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While the occasional grizzly has been documented by radio collar or trail camera wandering through portions of the recovery zone in recent years, the Lewiston Tribune reported that tracks and in-person sightings were last documented in the 1930s and ‘40s.
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Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2024
At 11:20, less than an hour after dropping from the pine tree, with the examination complete and a new, larger radio collar around his neck, the Symbol of Wild Florida is starting to wake up.
—Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Fewer than ten wild individuals have been tagged with radio collars, which allows scientists to study their movements.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
The National Park Service tracks the famous mountain lion with a GPS radio collar because the area is one of only two megacities worldwide to have wild cats roaming within its city limits.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
The lion, which wore a radio collar and was known to scientists as P-81, was found on the Pacific Coast Highway near Las Posas Road in the western Santa Monica Mountains, according to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area official Twitter account.
—Kelly Murray, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Of the calves born in 2022 that managers tracked with radio collars, 87% died, according to the department.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
She was captured and fitted with a radio collar in the fall of 2022.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2023
Since their reintroduction, the 11 animals have been monitored through regular surveys, radio collars fitted with transmitters, and camera traps.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2024
At 11:20, less than an hour after dropping from the pine tree, with the examination complete and a new, larger radio collar around his neck, the Symbol of Wild Florida is starting to wake up.
—Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Fewer than ten wild individuals have been tagged with radio collars, which allows scientists to study their movements.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
The National Park Service tracks the famous mountain lion with a GPS radio collar because the area is one of only two megacities worldwide to have wild cats roaming within its city limits.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
The lion, which wore a radio collar and was known to scientists as P-81, was found on the Pacific Coast Highway near Las Posas Road in the western Santa Monica Mountains, according to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area official Twitter account.
—Kelly Murray, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Of the calves born in 2022 that managers tracked with radio collars, 87% died, according to the department.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
She was captured and fitted with a radio collar in the fall of 2022.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2023
Since their reintroduction, the 11 animals have been monitored through regular surveys, radio collars fitted with transmitters, and camera traps.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
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