TRACKWISE

TrackWise

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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Tracking Fundamentals

The building blocks of reading a print — what a track actually is, how digitigrade, plantigrade, and hoofed feet differ, and the two- and four-legged gaits behind them.

6 entries

Signs Beyond Tracks

The clues animals leave that aren't footprints — scent marks, burrows, dams, and nests, and what each one tells you about who's living nearby.

4 entries

Field Techniques

The tracker's toolkit — camera traps, plaster casting, field guides, and the naturalist and citizen-science traditions behind them.

5 entries

The Science of Tracking

Where tracking becomes a science — trace fossils and paleontology, digital tools like CyberTracker, and the discipline of wildlife photography.

4 entries