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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- @TaliaSpeaker
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WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the WILDLABS Research Specialist at WWF-US



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- @lhughey
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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'm a researcher in aquatic sciences, studying connections between fish biology and endocrine systems that govern growth and reproduction, contributing to fisheries management, conservation efforts and aquaculture innovations.
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Western Sydney University
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PhD student from Brazil. Currently I am using satellite transmitters and biologgers to study the behavior of the sei whale
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Spanish veterinarian interested in wildlife conservation
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Wildlife enthusiast who happens to run an embedded systems lab

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Petnerup
Animal tech startup founder

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Hi together, I am working on detecting causalities between land surface dynamics and animal movement by using satellite-based earth observation data. As this is might be your expertise I kindly ask for your support...
8 May 2025
A Post-Doc position is available to join the team coordinating the Urban Exploration Project – a collaborative initiative in partnership between the University of St. Andrews and the National Geographic Society.
2 May 2025
The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) is seeking information on existing databases relevant for animal movement. If you know of a database that should be included, please complete the survey to...
30 April 2025
We are hiring for a customer support / marketing specialist.
20 February 2025
We look for a person with programming skills in R and/or Python.
4 February 2025
Are you interested in developing new 3D motion capture techniques to for measuring super fast wildlife like cheetahs? Are you interested in working with fusing exciting technologies such as event cameras, audio and...
3 February 2025
This leads to an exciting blog we did recently, it also includes a spatial map indicating elephant movement tracks of an orphaned elephant who self released himself into the wild (Kafue National Park). Cartography was...
28 January 2025
This is a NASA funded position that is part of a team creating a Digital Twin for African forests.
15 January 2025
seeking BSc student interested in a Master project involving analysis of a large GPS dataset of houbara movements
15 January 2025
Come along to the first season of Behind the Buzz, where we’ll bring in experts to break down the basics of global conservation policy frameworks through the lens of animal movement and explore how our community can...
7 January 2025
Join the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance as a Postdoctoral Fellow! Lead groundbreaking bioacoustic and ML research to conserve burrowing owls in SoCal.
26 November 2024
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute is seeking two Post-doctoral Research Fellows to advance research in the spatial ecology and conservation of bustard species with a special focus on...
11 November 2024
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This was one of my all time favourite Variety Hour talks! @wschan gave us an awesome walk through the open-source low cost acceleratometer... |
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Animal Movement, Open Source Solutions, Sensors | 1 year 7 months ago | |
Makes sense if you have the cash... |
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Animal Movement, Climate Change, Sensors, Build Your Own Data Logger Community, Emerging Tech | 1 year 8 months ago | |
Hi Lars,One of the problems you identified with your Milsar units was the antenna being worn off. This was solved in our units by the antenna being epoxied into an abrasion... |
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Animal Movement | 1 year 8 months ago | |
The CLS Goniometer is an excellent tool for the job - I believe it is also available to rent (at least it used to). If you want to go the low-budget route I would consider... |
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Animal Movement | 1 year 8 months ago | |
Hi CaitlinI'd recommend https://naturecounters.com/ who from past experience will work with you to come up with a good trap design. Their approach is to use an IR to detect when... |
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Animal Movement | 1 year 9 months ago | |
Hi Tobias! This sounds great and I am looking forward to trying it out after returning from field work! Very cool with the Vectronic Activity data! I am looking forward... |
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Animal Movement, Software Development | 1 year 9 months ago | |
Hi! We have been working with Save Vietnam's Wildlife to track Pangolins for a couple of years now. You can read our Case Study here: We also documented the... |
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Animal Movement | 1 year 10 months ago | |
Do you have a wild animal tracking story that involves adventure or misadventure? Share it with us! From going around in circles for hours... |
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Animal Movement, Citizen Science, Drones, Geospatial | 2 years ago | |
Using Movepps, I set up an email alert to check the tag voltage of deployed GPs collars and alert me if the fall under a threshold.We are... |
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Animal Movement | 2 years ago | |
I have been working with Movebank to get better support for Vectronic Live Feed data. It is now much easier to import and work with these... |
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Animal Movement | 2 years ago | |
Thank you Thomas, I'll take a look. |
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Animal Movement | 2 years 1 month ago | |
Hi Jackson @MargoJack!Thanks a lot for answering these questions.Looks like you have a very interesting product!Interesting point you raise with VHF beeing intercepted by poachers... |
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Animal Movement | 2 years 1 month ago |