CHEYENNE, Wyo. - How does a bighorn sheep say "cheese?" Some charismatic critters caught by motion-detecting wildlife cameras seem to know how to strike a pose. But it's not just show business. As these devices get ever smaller, cheaper and more reliable, scientists across the US are using them to document elusive creatures like never before. "There's no doubt - it is an incredible tool to acquire data on wildlife," said Grant Harris, a US Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife biologist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Remote cameras have photographed everything from small desert cats called ocelots to snow-loving lynx high in the Northern Rockies. Harris cited images of javelinas, pig-like desert mammals, and coatimundi, members of the raccoon family, captured at higher latitudes in recent years. That could mean global warming is expanding their range northward, he said. Scientists deploying remote cameras in their work include researchers with the Wyoming Migration Initiative, who use global positioning to map the movements of elk, mule deer and antelope in and around Yellowstone National Park. They only have so many collars to track animals, meaning there's a limit to the GPS data they can gather, said Matthew Kauffman, a University of Wyoming associate professor and initiative director. Remote cameras - which can be left in the backcountry for days, weeks or even months - help fill in blanks by showing how many animals are on the move over a given period, he said. As with all human intrusion into nature, remote cameras have downsides. Animals such as wolverines and bears have been known to attack them, though whether out of curiosity or aggression is hard to say. - AP