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Elephants on the Radio: Freedom of Species

johnfmcevoy

Jul 21, 20181 min read

Elephants on the Radio: Freedom of Species

My very good friend and colleague Dr Adam Cardilini recently invited me to appear on his radio show/podcast on Melbourne’s 3CR Radio....

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johnfmcevoy

May 1, 20184 min read

Getting Into Some Bat Business

On a recent work trip to Myanmar I decided to put the elephants to one side briefly and get mixed up in some bat business. Smithsonian...

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johnfmcevoy

Apr 26, 20181 min read

Elephants on YouTube: Field In Focus

On our last elephant trip we had a really awesome film crew from Smithsonian along with us. Roshan Patel and his team (Sally and Danny)...

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New Publication: An Emerging Poaching Crisis for Asian Elephants (warning: some disturbing images)

johnfmcevoy

Mar 14, 20182 min read

New Publication: An Emerging Poaching Crisis for Asian Elephants (warning: some disturbing images)

Asian elephants live in the most densely human-populated areas on earth. Yet, in comparison to their more populous African cousins, we...

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New Publication: Nocturnal Nomadic Desert Ducks

johnfmcevoy

Dec 20, 20172 min read

New Publication: Nocturnal Nomadic Desert Ducks

One of the chapters of my PhD has finally made it to the light of day after quite a few years in peer review hell. A lot of what we know...

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New Publication: Migratory Geese and Water Levels on a Major Wetland in China

johnfmcevoy

Nov 7, 20171 min read

New Publication: Migratory Geese and Water Levels on a Major Wetland in China

My good friend and colleague Dr Yaara Aharon-Rotman was kind enough to invite me to collaborate with her on this work and it has just...

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johnfmcevoy

Oct 24, 20174 min read

Tracking Takhi On The Steppe

When I am not chasing elephants around in Myanmar or shaking my fist at my computer screen in Virginia as I try to make some R-code do...

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Movement Ecology In Mongolia: Wolves, Wild Horses and Vultures

johnfmcevoy

Oct 24, 20173 min read

Movement Ecology In Mongolia: Wolves, Wild Horses and Vultures

To say that Mongolia has a conflicted relationship with wolves would be a massive understatement. While they hold strong cultural...

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Braiding Pony Tales: The Trouble with Bachelors

johnfmcevoy

Aug 3, 20174 min read

Braiding Pony Tales: The Trouble with Bachelors

One half of my job here at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute involves working on Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus...

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In The Footprints of Giants: Tracking Elephants in Myanmar

johnfmcevoy

Apr 11, 20175 min read

In The Footprints of Giants: Tracking Elephants in Myanmar

Earlier this year I began working at the Conservation Ecology Centre within the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. A large part...

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New Year, New Job, New Countries, New Species!Joining the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

johnfmcevoy

Jan 28, 20172 min read

New Year, New Job, New Countries, New Species!Joining the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Exciting news! I have just made a big move to lovely Virginia, USA and started a new post-doc at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology...

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New Collaboration: Migratory Geese in the East Asian/ Australasian Flyway

johnfmcevoy

Oct 1, 20162 min read

New Collaboration: Migratory Geese in the East Asian/ Australasian Flyway

I have recently started on another exciting collaboration with my good friends and colleagues Yaara Aaron-Rotman and Lei Cao at the...

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New Collaboration: Cattle, Land and Fire in the Kimberley

johnfmcevoy

Aug 24, 20161 min read

New Collaboration: Cattle, Land and Fire in the Kimberley

I have recently joined a team at the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) to help analyse data from their Cattle, Land and Fire (CaLF)...

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New Collaboration: Tracking Endangered Parrots in Tasmania

johnfmcevoy

Apr 19, 20161 min read

New Collaboration: Tracking Endangered Parrots in Tasmania

I've recently started collaborating on a fantastic project looking at the foraging behaviour and nesting success of endangered swift...

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johnfmcevoy

Mar 23, 20161 min read

UAVs for Waterfowl Surveys

I recently published a paper with Paul McDonald and Graham Hall at University of New England in Australia where we evaluated the...

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johnfmcevoy

Jan 31, 20161 min read

Pygmy Elephants in Borneo

Another great collaboration that I'm lucky to be involved with is with Nurzhafarina Othman and Benoit Goosens at Cardiff University's...

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johnfmcevoy

Aug 4, 20151 min read

Creepy But Curious

I recently did a segment on an ABC radio show called "Creepy But Curious" where scientists from University of New England Talk about all...

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johnfmcevoy

Jun 20, 20151 min read

How Does a Duck Know?

A big part of my PhD work involved looking into potential cues for long distance movement in nomadic desert waterfowl. The arid...

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johnfmcevoy

Apr 10, 20141 min read

Biodiversity East

Biodiversity East is a conservation NGO that brings together scientists working across the Mediterranean and Middle East regions. I am...

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The Adventures of Papa Smurf - Scientist At Large

johnfmcevoy

Apr 4, 20131 min read

The Adventures of Papa Smurf - Scientist At Large

My colleague Raoul and I have a tradition of buying Kinder eggs while on the road. Given that our field trips have sometimes lasted two...

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