Joann Brennan

Wildlife Research

Hawaiian Stilt DNA, Endangered Species, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Species Survival, Washington DC. 2011
Jill Yager, Smithsonian Research Associate, Deep Cave Research, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (892,530 records in the collection). National Museum of Natural History Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
DNA Lab Book. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Species Survival, Washington DC. 2011
Contraceptive Testing-managing elk herd populations in Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado Department of Wildlife, Fort Collins, CO. Summer, 2000.
Starling Research Lab, Flying Room. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Fall 2000
Researchers test potential contraceptive chemicals on Canada Geese. The goal of this research is to reduce overabundant waterfowl numbers. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Fall 2000
Addison Wynn, Museum Specialist. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians & Reptiles (560, 234 records in the collection), salamander research. National Museum of Nature and Science, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Malaria Research. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Species Survival, Washington DC. 2011
Biologist Paul Nash investigates ways to manage prairie dog populations. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Spring 2000
Seabird DNA. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Species Survival, Washington DC. 2011
Mallards in the Simulated Natural Environment Room. In studies designed to understand the challenges of overabundant Canada Goose populations biologists research Mallard egg production in a controlled environment. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Fall 2000
Matte Coles researches chemical methods to reduce overabundant Canada goose populations in urban areas. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Spring 2000
Dennis Opresko, Smithsonian Research Associate, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (892,530 records in the collection). National Museum of Natural History Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Mallard egg. Researchers test potential contraceptive chemicals designed to reduce overabundant waterfowl numbers. Through contraceptive chemicals it might be possible to produce an egg that does not contain a viable yoke. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Fall 2000
Canada goose monitored to determine reproduction rates in natural environments. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Spring 2000
Containers housing voles in the Simulated Natural Environment lab used for researching strategies to manage rodent damage. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Fall 2000
Largest outdoor flight pen in the world designed to research and observe birds in flight. National Wildlife Research Center. Fort Collins, Colorado. Spring 2003
Starling cages, National Wildlife Research Center. Fort Collins, Colorado. Spring 2003
Starling Research Lab, bird cages. Starling research centers on testing potential repellents to reduce damage caused by birds in large, high density flocks that decimate grain, fruit and sunflower crops. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. Fall 2000.

The role of science, like that of art, is to blend exact imagery with more distant meaning, the parts we already understand with those given as new into larger patterns that are coherent enough to be acceptable as truth. The biologist knows this relation by intuition during the course of field work, as he struggles to make order out of the infinitely varying patterns of nature.

E.O. Wilson
Biophilia