radio collar
noun
: a collar with an attached radio transmitter that is put on an animal so that its movements in its natural habitat can be remotely monitored
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Often when investigating a stationary radio signal, biologists would find only blood, hair, bones, wolf tracks and a radio collar still sending a telltale signal.
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Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
The bear was identified by its radio collar and ear markings.
—Colleen Barry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
Her research entailed working with rhinos that had been sedated and fitted with radio collars, a process so stressful that some females slowed their reproduction or miscarried; meanwhile, local trackers mocked her fancy receivers.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The groups acknowledge that wolves have been removed in the past after radio collars helped track them.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024
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Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
The bear was identified by its radio collar and ear markings.
—Colleen Barry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
Her research entailed working with rhinos that had been sedated and fitted with radio collars, a process so stressful that some females slowed their reproduction or miscarried; meanwhile, local trackers mocked her fancy receivers.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The groups acknowledge that wolves have been removed in the past after radio collars helped track them.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Radio collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20collar. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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