Roland Kays
@rolandkays.com
Professor at North Carolina State University and scientist at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Camera Traps, Animal Tracking, host of the Wild Animals YouTube Channel. Likes to play in the snow.
Yes Indiana does have some big trees and spotted cats :)
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Yes Indiana does have some big trees and spotted cats :)
what NC Mammal species?
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
what NC Mammal species?
👍AI to help identify the species in a cameratrap
👎AI to change the pose and posture of your animal
www.eco-business.com/news/ai-edit...
👎AI to change the pose and posture of your animal
www.eco-business.com/news/ai-edit...
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
👍AI to help identify the species in a cameratrap
👎AI to change the pose and posture of your animal
www.eco-business.com/news/ai-edit...
👎AI to change the pose and posture of your animal
www.eco-business.com/news/ai-edit...
1 week left to apply to our Postdoc job with our lab using AI to analyze camera trap images at the NC Museum of Natural sciences and NCSU and in collaboration with Wildlife Insights https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223025
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
1 week left to apply to our Postdoc job with our lab using AI to analyze camera trap images at the NC Museum of Natural sciences and NCSU and in collaboration with Wildlife Insights https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223025
Quick - apply for this job as manager of our #Biodiversity lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and NCSU to work with #tech and #biodiversity including camera traps, #AI and student mentoring Deadline is 9/23/2025 www.governmentjobs.com/careers/%7B0...
September 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Quick - apply for this job as manager of our #Biodiversity lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and NCSU to work with #tech and #biodiversity including camera traps, #AI and student mentoring Deadline is 9/23/2025 www.governmentjobs.com/careers/%7B0...
Dances like wolves? Evaluating ecological replacement of apex predators in eastern North America stacksjournal.org/article/jens...
August 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Dances like wolves? Evaluating ecological replacement of apex predators in eastern North America stacksjournal.org/article/jens...
see also this nice summary news.ncsu.edu/2025/06/huma...
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
see also this nice summary news.ncsu.edu/2025/06/huma...
Check out our new paper in Current Biology on how well Chinese protected areas have preserved mammal and bird communities #cameratrap includes work-of-art figures by lead author Junjie Liu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Check out our new paper in Current Biology on how well Chinese protected areas have preserved mammal and bird communities #cameratrap includes work-of-art figures by lead author Junjie Liu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
you can also use clock time or sun time - look at the difference in this activity graph for raccoons. The data comes year-round from NC so sunrise/sunset vary quite a bit, messing up their peak of activity after sunset. Surprising it has little affect on their before-bed peak.
June 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
you can also use clock time or sun time - look at the difference in this activity graph for raccoons. The data comes year-round from NC so sunrise/sunset vary quite a bit, messing up their peak of activity after sunset. Surprising it has little affect on their before-bed peak.
Coyote and grey fox daily activity. Foxes avoid our yard in the evening but not the early AM. cool
June 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Coyote and grey fox daily activity. Foxes avoid our yard in the evening but not the early AM. cool
Here's the monthly detection rates for coyotes, red and grey foxes from my yard over the last few years. Grey foxes are the most common, red foxes rare visitors, maybe when the coyotes are away.
June 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Here's the monthly detection rates for coyotes, red and grey foxes from my yard over the last few years. Grey foxes are the most common, red foxes rare visitors, maybe when the coyotes are away.
The analytics are now live for all users on Wildlife Insights for camera trap data. Here's the average detection rate for mammals in my back yard over the last few years. www.wildlifeinsights.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The analytics are now live for all users on Wildlife Insights for camera trap data. Here's the average detection rate for mammals in my back yard over the last few years. www.wildlifeinsights.org
Anticipated Job Opening - Biodiversity Lab Manager at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Come join our group using technology to monitor biodiversity #AI #Cameratrap #Animaltracking #GPS docs.google.com/document/d/1...
June 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Anticipated Job Opening - Biodiversity Lab Manager at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Come join our group using technology to monitor biodiversity #AI #Cameratrap #Animaltracking #GPS docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Nice paper showing cats are rare where coyotes roam in NYC link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Nice paper showing cats are rare where coyotes roam in NYC link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out Snapshot Japan - open camera trap data from the first national mammal survey (2023), keep an eye out for even more data from 2024 coming next year. bdj.pensoft.net/article/1411...
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Check out Snapshot Japan - open camera trap data from the first national mammal survey (2023), keep an eye out for even more data from 2024 coming next year. bdj.pensoft.net/article/1411...
Found a friend in Peru 🇵🇪🐸
March 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Found a friend in Peru 🇵🇪🐸
PhD Position open now in Wildlife Response to Wind Energy in Working Forests @ncstate.bsky.social
#Cameratrap #Acoustics #Herps #Mammals #Birds
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#Cameratrap #Acoustics #Herps #Mammals #Birds
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
PhD Position open now in Wildlife Response to Wind Energy in Working Forests @ncstate.bsky.social
#Cameratrap #Acoustics #Herps #Mammals #Birds
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#Cameratrap #Acoustics #Herps #Mammals #Birds
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Trackers. What is making this drag mark on these coyote 🐾? They were consistent
February 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Trackers. What is making this drag mark on these coyote 🐾? They were consistent
Better luck next year young buck
February 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Better luck next year young buck
Look what I made! 🦋
With help from Scholar Goggler scholargoggler.com
With help from Scholar Goggler scholargoggler.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Look what I made! 🦋
With help from Scholar Goggler scholargoggler.com
With help from Scholar Goggler scholargoggler.com
This possum REALLY wants to be part of our bucket-cam small mammal survey
January 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This possum REALLY wants to be part of our bucket-cam small mammal survey