Professor Tom Smith and Ph.D. student Kelly Barr are featured in a new National Geographic film on the Bird Genoscape Project
Professor Tom Smith and Ph.D. student Kelly Barr are featured in a new National Geographic film on the Bird Genoscape Project.
Billions of birds migrate annually across the Western Hemisphere… but if we don’t know where they go when they leave their breeding grounds, how can we protect them? By extracting DNA from individual feathers (and borrowing cutting-edge technology from the Human Genome Project) scientists can map bird migration with greater precision than ever before. The result is the Bird Genoscape Project, and it’s revolutionizing bird conservation by connecting migratory birds – and the people who care about them – across the Americas. This work was funded by the National Geographic Society.
National Geographic film - Feathers in Flight: The Bird Genoscape Project
Bird Genoscape Project video - How to make a Genoscape