The Three Gorges Dam in China is one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams, providing energy for millions of people. However, the dam's constru ...
Squirrels are frequent and beloved residents of college campuses throughout the United States, but oftentimes less welcomed by campus maintenance o ...
As a Government of Canada biologist, "Rachael Mercer" faces the task of advising the Environment Minister on whether a proposed wolf cull should be ...
This clicker case is an adaptation of a case by Loren Byrne that told the true story of a Texas man who killed a cat that was killing piping plover ...
Niko lives in Namibia and is about to attend a community meeting at which the fate of his family's re-settlement will be decided. He is not sure wh ...
Conservation biology focuses on the scientific study and practice of preventing biodiversity loss. Many complex sociocultural factors affect the su ...
In this case study, students hear arguments on both sides of a debate over wildlife management and must integrate ethical and scientific perspectiv ...
In this case study, students apply principles of landscape ecology, experimental design, and data interpretation to examine alternative explanation ...
Every year during the foodless winter months, bears enter their den and lapse into a state of extended dormancy and slumber (called hibernation). F ...
This case study was developed to teach students the importance of understanding the behavior of wildlife, explore the difficulty in making manageme ...
In this interrupted case study, students view a documentary film about a coyote hunting contest and then assume the role of various stakeholders in ...
Although rabies still causes thousands of deaths globally every year, it has essentially been eradicated from most industrialized countries. Part o ...
In this case, students read about a biologist who needs to determine how to analyze age-at-length data, a common situation in fisheries biology. Th ...
This interrupted case study teaches probability theory and transmission genetics through their application to the conservation of the endangered Fl ...
This set of mini cases on the ecology of eastern cottontail rabbits is designed to give students practical experience using statistics in a scienti ...
This case study in comparative physiology explores the connections between physiology, evolution and behavior. Students assume the role of research ...
The characters in this dilemma case, representing the scientific community and government, must make a decision about whether or not to release a v ...
Sheep ranching has destroyed habitat and decimated species in many areas of the world, but in Patagonia declining wool prices provide an opportunit ...
This case study uses a PowerPoint-driven approach combined with role-playing to explore issues surrounding the grey seal population off the coast o ...
In this case study, students are given the task of developing a recovery plan to protect a recently discovered population of Central American squir ...
This case study teaches students about allopatric speciation through an investigation of the benthic and limnetic sticklebacks of Paxton Lake, whic ...
In this decision case, students consider the pros and cons of reintroducing grizzly bears into the northwestern United States as they learn about n ...
Students enrolled in natural resource programs typically have classroom experience in science-based curricula with little exposure as to how to app ...
Loss of species richness is often due to anthropogenic activity. The global decline of amphibians is one such example. This case study examines the ...
In this case study, the complexity of the Malaysian palm oil industry is examined through the perspective of various stakeholders, namely, villager ...
In this case study students are provided with information for piecing together the story of how forest fragmentation and biodiversity loss can affe ...
This interrupted case study presents published data on the effect of coyote removal in Texas. It was designed to help students in introductory leve ...
This interrupted case study introduces basic modeling to investigate a decline in an American marten population on an island in Southeast Alaska. T ...
This interrupted case study addresses several concepts related to climate change and its effect on the American pika. Often called an indicator spe ...
The federal governments in Canada and the United States have adopted vastly different positions regarding the conservation status of the greater sa ...
A town meeting is the setting for this case study in which students explore the topics of overpopulation, bioethics, and management of urban wildli ...
This case spotlights Great Plains water shortages by focusing on the High Plains Aquifer. This groundwater reservoir provides nearly a third of gro ...
This case study has students analyze real population and climate data to address a problem in conservation. Many elephant populations exist in Afri ...
Although Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is a fundamental part of introductory biology classes, students often have difficulty understanding its implica ...