Animal movement technologies have already significantly advanced our understanding of the natural world, from uncovering previously mysterious migration patterns and key movement corridors to demonstrating the impacts of anthropogenic pressures and climate change. Continuing advances in the development of technologies for collecting and transmitting bio-logging data, combined with the increased availability of high-resolution environmental data and analytical developments in movement modelling, are opening doors to novel applications. However, there are still major gaps in the space, including mobilizing movement data to translate data from tracking devices into insights for application in policy and practice. This group is a place for the animal movement community to connect and discuss our efforts to advance the field.
Resources for beginners
Learn about WILDLABS Animal Movement research projects
- MoveBON Initiative Announcement
- MoveBON Follow-Up Discussion
- Virtual Meetup Season 4: Tracking Progress (A WILDLABS research project on movement ecology)
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WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
I am an ecologist and program manager with experience leading collaborative research projects in international settings. I specialize in the application of animal tracking data to conserve migratory species on a changing planet.



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I studied Wildlife and Ecotourism Management in University of Ìbàdàn, Nigeria, I'm a front-end developer. I am interested in conservation technology
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I am a conservationist specializing in endangered species, particularly vultures. As the Endangered Species Conservation Coordinator/Co-Founder at Biota Conservation Hub Foundation (BiotaCHF), I have conducted extensive research/conservation of vultures and other water birds.
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Colorado State University
I am a graduate student at Colorado State University working to develop novel acoustic technology for remotely monitoring wildlife.


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An avid learner interested in wildlife ecology, conservation technology and community development
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PhD in Animal Ecology and Behavioural Physiology. Interested in the movement, behavioural and physiological responses of animals to environmental variability.
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Holohil Systems is now accepting applications for grants to support the purchase of wildlife tracking equipment of up to CDN $2,000 from the Holohil's own product line. Applications are welcome from any geographical...
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Current efforts to track endangered Green Sea Turtles rely on tags that cost upward of $2000 per unit. Alasdair Davies of the Zoological Society of London has been working with Luka Mustafa, a Shuttleworth Foundation...
27 May 2016
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25 April 2016
When Victoria Espinel, President and CEO of BSA | The Software Alliance, spoke at the WWF Fuller Symposium, she took us on a whistle-stop tour of case studies where software and data are transforming our understanding...
10 March 2016
Few recent technologies have been embraced by the ornithological community as rapidly as solar geolocation tracking devices. Although the first and rather large ‘geolocators’ became available more than two decades ago,...
9 March 2016
From artificial “sniffer” technologies to portable DNA sequencers, the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge received hundreds of innovative ideas to help stamp out wildlife crime. Now, the Challenge is proud to announce 16...
22 January 2016
Dr. Lucas Joppa, Scientist at Microsoft Research, considers the evolving impact of data in conservation and society. He examines the difference between ‘big data’ and ‘small data’, and explores how models such as the...
22 December 2015
Katherine Chou, Product Lead at Google[x] Labs, sees technology as a way to make the impossible, possible. She explores differences in how wildlife NGOs and the tech sector think and plan, and what the conservation ...
22 December 2015
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I don't think KEH would influence accelerometry at all.One other way to think about it is - the KEH is a movement sensor itself.The GPS is quite a severe factor in the energy... |
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Animal Movement, Emerging Tech, Sensors | 2 years 11 months ago | |
Hi all,There's a rare opportunity to acquire free (only postage and packaging is payable) GPS biologging hardware to trial the new... |
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Animal Movement | 3 years ago | |
Hi all!Last week we introduced you to our first WILDBEAR Awardee, Alyssa Bohart. We hope you enjoyed learning more about Alyssa's work with... |
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Animal Movement, Community Base | 3 years ago | |
@gracieermi & I are happy to announce the latest update to the Conservation Tech Directory, bringing our total resources in the... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Geospatial, Software Development | 3 years 1 month ago | |
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East Africa Community, Animal Movement | 3 years 1 month ago | |
Hey all!I'm well into my journey into the field of conservation now, after volunteering and freelancing for a couple of different... |
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Animal Movement, Community Base, Open Source Solutions | 3 years 1 month ago | |
A bit opposite of what you're looking for but according to this, the share of non-NFC enabled phones was 10% in 2020. They don't state their source unless you pay, but I suspect... |
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Animal Movement, Emerging Tech | 3 years 2 months ago | |
Hi Max, Well firstly, welcome! This is a great intro - I'm looking forward to having a poke around these links and reading more about your work. Sounds like you might well be... |
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Animal Movement | 3 years 2 months ago | |
We are still running this grant program albeit with subtle changes to improve the hardware/service agreement (in your favor). If you want to build your own tag, have a... |
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Animal Movement | 3 years 2 months ago | |
Hi Truphena, Firetail is designed with animal telemetry in mind. But, you could import any kind of data that features latitute, longitude and some kind of ID (plus whatever... |
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Animal Movement | 3 years 3 months ago | |
I'm co-developing SnapperGPS as part of my PhD. We're currently working on getting a release on GroupGets. Everything is moving a little slowly because of the chip... |
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Animal Movement | 3 years 5 months ago | |
Hi everyone, I am new to animal movement tracking technologies. I have only dealt with telemetry data collected by others (never... |
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Animal Movement | 3 years 6 months ago |
Biotelemetry Symposium, May 2016, Belgium
4 February 2016 10:16am
Developing Wild Animal Tracking Systems Using Mataki Technology and UAVs For Use In Conservation
2 February 2016 10:31pm
'Monitoring Wildlife' Issue from J. Applied Ecology. Methods in EE and J. Animal Ecology
22 January 2016 2:44pm
Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge: Winners Announced!
22 January 2016 12:00am
Mobile reporting for rapid wildlife health response
23 December 2015 5:03pm
Big Data and Conservation: Deluge or Drought?
22 December 2015 12:00am
Achieving Moonshots: Advancing Humankind and Preserving Nature
22 December 2015 12:00am
Think for Tigers challenge by WildCRU at Oxford
13 November 2015 7:55pm
9 December 2015 5:12pm
Oh wow. This is perfect for what I do... tracking tigers by their voices alone!