The AM/DM podcast: Discovering the wildlife all around us
The Memphis Zoo's motion-sensing camera project has captured wild turkeys doing an entire mating dance. (Courtesy Memphis Zoo)
For years, the Memphis Zoo has worked to bring the Louisiana pine snake and the dusky gopher frog of the southeastern U.S. back from the brinks of extinction.
It’s also worked with organizations to protect elephants in Botswana and natural habitats in Sri Lanka.
But, recently, it began a project focused on the wildlife of West Tennessee using cameras, mounted at human knee height, to take pictures of animals in their natural habitats near parks, golf courses, cemeteries and other open spaces.
Features reporter John Klyce is here today — on The Daily Memphian’s eighth birthday — to talk about the project and what the zoo has learned so far.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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