Critters of the Carolinas: A team of researchers and community scientists use trail cameras to study wildlife

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Photo 1. A female American black bear (Ursus americanus) and her three cubs walking along an access road in Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Dare County, North Carolina, USA. Photo captured on a trail camera used for surveying endangered red wolves. Photo credit: Wildlands Red Wolf Survey. Photo 2. A large American black bear (Ursus americanus) walking along a natural area in Hyde County, North Carolina, USA. Photograph taken by a trail camera set by a wildlife biologist for the North Carolina's Candid Critters camera trapping project. Photo credit: North Carolina's Candid Critters. Photo 3. A gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) inspecting a trail camera set by primary school students with the Museum of Life and Science in North Carolina, USA, for the Students Discover North Carolina camera trapping project. Photo credit: Students Discover North Carolina. Photo 4. A coyote (Canis latrans) inspecting a trail camera set by a community science volunteer in Dare County, North Carolina, USA. Trail camera set as part of the North Carolina's Candid Critters citizen science project. Photo credit: North Carolina's Candid Critters. Photo 5. A gobbler (male) wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) caught on a trail camera set by a community science volunteer in Needmore Game Land, found in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, USA. Trail camera set as part of the North Carolina's Candid Critters citizen science project. Photo credit: North Carolina's Candid Critters. These photographs illustrate the article “Carolina Critters: a collection of camera trap data from wildlife surveys across North Carolina” by M Lasky, A Parsons, S Schuttler, B McShea, G Davis, L Kalies, R Sutherland, SR Clark, G Hess, H Boone, L Gatens, C Olfenbuttel, J Shaw, C Dukes, T Menke, J Matthews, and RW Kays published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3372.