The News:
Goggle bugs
"Giant search engine helps scientists find where the tiny creatures live."
Satellite imagery is helping researchers to pinpoint the whereabouts of rare insects, according to evidence published recently in the Journal of Insect Conservation. Using freely available, high resolution satellite images from Google Earth, and Microsoft Terraserver, Smithsonian Institute entomologist Jonathan Mawdsley located nineteen potential oases for tiger beetles at the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s, Maryland.
The Research:
Read the research behind the news in the Journal of insect conservation.
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