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 Executive Manager of WILDLABS at WWF



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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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The University of Queensland
Passionate about using technology and data to solve conservation issues.
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- @Gathoni
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PhD Candidate at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Ecologist with a passion for wildlife conservation and conservation technology with foundational training in BSc and MSc Rangeland Management (Ecology option). Current project: Use of acoustics to monitor ecosystem restoration.

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- @miasjien
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University of Canterbury & University of Pretoria
Marine predator ecologist using biologging, remote sensing to understand species movements and the effects on populations. Mainly working in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic currently.
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- @negar_sadr
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Arribada Initiative
Director at Arribada, a UK-based conservation technology research & development organisation



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Botswana Predator Conservation Trust



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Independent Researcher (Conservation Biologist)
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- @iska1818
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nature nerd, leopard and eagle lover
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I work in conservation on integrating the technology out there for custom solutions for partners.
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In the second article in my series examining how people find biologging tech for their projects, I spoke with Yvan Satgé with the Clemson University to discuss how he sourced tags for studying the black-capped petrel.
23 November 2023
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21 November 2023
Applications for Animove 2024 can now be submitted.
16 November 2023
In the first article in my series examining the ways people find biologging tech for their project, Neus Estela Ribera, a Technical Specialist with Fauna and Flora, discusses how she used GPS collars to track elephants...
16 November 2023
As the WILDLABS Conservation Technology Intern, I have conducted research into the biologging field to find out what tech is available and how researchers find appropriate tools for their projects. This is the...
16 November 2023
I just discovered this freely available book on digital signal processing and love the fact that it is“…intended for students … who may not have much mathematical or engineering training.” Seems like a great resource...
31 October 2023
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27 October 2023
With the rising threats to biodiversity such as wildlife crime, climate change and human-wildlife conflict today, wildlife monitoring technologies have become vital to study movement ecology, behaviour patterns, changes...
25 October 2023
Competition funded PhD Position at University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics
20 October 2023
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Competition funded PhD Opportunity at University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics
20 October 2023
To celebrate #WMBD, BirdLife is excited to share the newly identified Marine Flyways!! Seabird tracking data were shared by over 60 researchers from 48 long-distance migratory species and have revealed SIX MarineFlyways...
20 October 2023
The Smithsonian Institution seeks a field- and data-oriented biologist to support marine animal telemetry research and to assist with activities of the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry (ACT) Network.
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Hi Joaquin, If you email me, we can have a discussion of what exactly you need and how we can help. Dave |
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Hi Tim and also Thomas Thanks for your comments. It is fantastic that there have been so many replies to this thread in response to the request for thoughts,... |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 1 month ago | |
the drop off paper https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13231 |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 5 months ago | |
Hello Everyone, I hope that this is not a repost; however, I could not find anything from Alasdair. I apologize in advance if I... |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 5 months ago | |
Thanks for asking Harold, We work with any off the shelf VHF tag, you can use tags already in the field or you can order tags from any of the manufactureres, just have to... |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 6 months ago | |
Thanks Alasdair So there are low double figure thousands just with the various services of satellite collars. Then surely high tens of thousands, maybe low hundreds of... |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 7 months ago | |
HI there, Biotrack combined Avian GPS SOB tag & PicoPip AG317 Tag on the back of Hawfinch. H |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 7 months ago | |
Fantastic news, Alasdair. Indeed timely. I was wondering what the finiancial impliation for one unit will be? A price range will suffice. Thanks. C |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 9 months ago | |
Hi Natalie, Interesting request. I may be able to help and am working in this area in Australia to track both native and introduced species. Would you please enlighten me with... |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 9 months ago | |
Hello Some time ago I got involved with the development of a new type of wildlife tracker to help detect wildlife persecution of... |
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Animal Movement | 5 years 10 months ago | |
Hi Jay, Alastair, Small world! You've got a great resource at your doorstep then (c: Your idea of tracking the birds between known feeding locations is a good... |
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Animal Movement | 6 years 4 months ago | |
We're incredibly excited to kickstart the OpenCollar initiative. If you haven't seen it yet, check out opencollar.io ... |
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