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Article / Developing the Key Conservation Mobile App

In a world of “what-ifs”, what if we shifted the way the world supports and interacts with conservation organizations in real-time? This...

Article / Camera traps designed for animals are now invading human privacy

Although invaluable for conservation and ecological research, camera traps frequently take pictures of people as well as wildlife. This has...

Article / A technologist's journey to protect wildlife: The reality and potential of conservation technology (recorded talk)

Ted Schmitt joined us for a lunchtime lecture in which he shared his experiences working across Africa the past five years with protected...

Article / Monitoring Ecosystems through Sound: The Present and Future of Passive Acoustics

As human impacts on the world accelerate, so does the need for tools to monitor the effects we have on species and ecosystems. In this...

Funding Opportunity / The Ecosulis Rewilding Tech Challenge

With the aim of advancing rewildling-related technology in the UK and introducing new talent and ideas into the field of rewildling,...

Article / Update on Arribada's Low Cost Open Source Sea Turtle Tag

Current efforts to track endangered Green Sea Turtles rely on tags that cost upward of $2000 per unit. The Arribada Initiative and the...

Article / Technology for Wildlife and the Looming Spectre of E-Waste

In this blog, Laure Joanny adds her perspectives to an ongoing discussion that we've been seeing in the community about conservation tech...

Article / Laure Joanny Reviews: Tech Tutors' How Do I Repair My Camera Traps?

Our first season of Tech Tutors may have wrapped, but the connections and collaborations from these episodes are still going strong! Today...

Event / How do I use conservation tech ethically?

Catch up on our Tech Tutors panel episode with Doug Clark, Trishant Simlai, Laure Joanny, and Koustubh Sharma, who discussed the question...

Article / How machine learning can help fight illegal wildlife trade on social media

Traditionally, illegal wildlife trade thrived in physical markets. But today it has also moved online. In China, more than half of the...

Event / Meetup: Machine Learning/AI on Earth Observation Data (23 July, London)

Machine Intelligence Garage and Satellite Application Catapult are collaborating to bring you a meetup exploring novel approaches to...

Article / ICCB 2019: 5 Key Discussions about the Future of Conservation Tech

Sharing failure, tech support for conservation, roaming mentors, conservation tech hype cycles and developing new road maps - participants...

Career Opportunity / Conservation Technology Intern (Vietnam) 

*New closing date!* WILDLABS and Fauna & Flora International are seeking an early career conservationist for 12-month paid internship...

Article / Camera Trapping: Incredibly Useful Resources List

Ahead of the upcoming Camera Trapping Sympoisum, organiser Arie Hammond has compiled a list of key resources for camera trapping, covering...

Event / WACV2020 AI for Animal Re-ID: Deep Learning Methods and Applications for Animal Re-Identification

Sara Beery, Stefan Schneider, and Jason Parham are hosting an Animal Re-Identification Workshop during the 2020 Winter Conference on...

Event / How do I get started using Machine Learning for my camera traps?

Our second WILDLABS Tech Tutor is Sara Beery, who tackled the question: How do I get started using ML for my camera traps? Building...

Article / Technical Difficulties: The Promise and Pitfalls of Machine Learning for Conservation

In Ellie Warren's interview with Sara Beery as part of the Technical Difficulties Editorial Series, they discussed how the hype surrounding...

Article / Enter the Zooniverse: Try Citizen Science for Yourself!

Trapped inside during the COVID-19 quarantine and looking to engage with conservation science without leaving your desk? Citizen science...

Article / Talking Tracking with Xerius

How does tracking technology meet the many challenges specific to monitoring birds within their home ranges and over long distances during...

Article / Era of the Condor: A Species' Future in Recovery

In this three-part WILDLABS feature article, we'll take a look at the various technologies used to fight the greatest threat to endangered...

Article / The Perfect Paw Print: Collecting Data with FIT

A couple months ago, we introduced you to the Footprint Identification Technique (FIT), a non-invasive way to build an identification...

Article / Era of the Condor: A Species' Future in Recovery (Part 2)

In this three-part WILDLABS feature article, we're taking a look at the various technologies used to fight the greatest threat to wild...

Article / Era of the Condor: A Species' Future in Recovery (Part 3)

In this three-part WILDLABS feature article series, we take a look at the various technologies used to fight the greatest threat to wild...

Article / Career Paths and Conservation Games with Diogo Veríssimo

Read our new interview with Diogo Veríssimo, Director of Conservation Marketing at On the Edge Conservation!  We'll discuss the importance...