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Article / SoundTrap: Developing low-cost tools for acoustic ecology

The emergence of low-cost development boards, online maker communities sharing designs, and improving availability of services like 3D...

Article / Camera traps reveal mysteries of nature

Sharing personal 'best of' animal pictures is a favorite pastime of many camera trappers. A prolific camera trapper himself, Roland Kays...

Event / Snapshot USA Symposium for Student Research

Are you a student using Snapshot USA data in research and class projects? Present your work (and Mammal Memes) at the Snapshot USA Student...

Career Opportunity / Opportunity: Postdocs on mammal species distributions

Two postdoc positions are now accepting applications for an NSF-funded project integrating data from museums, iNaturalist, and camera...

Article / From the Field: María José Bolgeri and tech to alleviate Puma-Human conflict

In our new From the Field series, we're speaking with WILDLABS members to discover how they use technology in their work. Through these...

Article / How to stop the thieves when all we want to capture is wildlife in action

The Camera Traps group is one the most active in our community, with members keen to discuss approaches to data management and processing,...

Article / From the Field: Paul Millhouser and tracking migrating kestrels with low cost, light based geolocators

Satellite tracking is the state of the art of technology for mapping wildlife movement. But what if your budget is not state of the art? In...

Article / Machine learning, meet the ocean

There is a revolution coming in conservation. Advances in conservation technology are generating more data than ever before on what lives...

Article / Getting SMART in Cambodia

In 2016, Cambodia reached a landmark for marine conservation when a 405 km2 Marine Fisheries Management Area was declared around the...

Article / A first-person account of the capture of a tiger in Pilibhit: Four elephants and a bulldozer, as seen from a drone

Earlier this year, WILDLABS community member Shashank Srinivasan was involved in an operation to capture the Pilibhit man-eater. In this...

Article / Report: Helping Ensure Ethical Indian Drone Operations

As drone usage continues to grow within the conservation tech community, driven by improved performance, increased accessibility, and the...

Article / From the Field: Developing a new camera trap data management tool

Frustrated by the limitations of the tools that were available for managing large camera trap data sets, Heidi Hendry and Chris Mann set...

Article / Naturewatch: Lessons from the field of app development

When developing and deploying new technologies, something things do not go according to plan. The difficult road leading to success and the...

Article / Technical Difficulties: Lessons from the Field of App Development

In this final contribution to the Technical Difficulties Editorial Series, Ellie Warren introduces the original John Cornell case study...

Article / Trialing Audiomoth to detect the hidden threats under the canopies of Belize

Its been a busy couple of months for the Open Acoustic Devices team. They've just returned back from Belize where they have been trialling...

Article / Rhino Carpentry: The Making of Lola the Rhino in Augmented Reality

With the craze around Pokémon Go in 2016 and the recent release of Apple’s AR Kit, augmented reality is coming out of the shadow of its...

Article / Technical Difficulties: The Path to Success

In his contribution to the Technical Difficulties Editorial Series, Internet of Elephants founder Gautam Shah shares the lessons learned...

Article / Elephant's Banquet

Human-wildlife conflict can be difficult to understand without knowing its impact on people and communities. In this case study, authored...

Article / Technical Difficulties: Expect the Unexpected

In their three-part interview from our new series Technical Difficulties, Colby Loucks and Eric Becker share the failures they've...

Event / How do I get started with OpenCollar Edge Trackers?

In this Tech Tutors episode, Tim van Dam, answers the question, How do I get started with OpenCollar Edge Trackers? In this episode, Tim ...

Event / How do I use animal-borne imaging technology in marine and terrestrial environments?

Catch up on our Tech Tutors episode with National Geographic's Kyler Abernathy, who answered the question, "How do I use animal-borne...

Article / Updated: Conservation Tech Resource Database

Carly Batist and Gracie Ermie have updated their database compiling organizations, communities, companies, open-source projects, and other...

Event / How do I use AI to fight wildlife crime?

Catch up on our Tech Tutors episode with Lily Xu, who answered the question, "How do I use AI to fight wildlife crime?" In this episode,...

Event / How do I get started with participatory mapping?

Catch up on our Tech Tutors episode with Christine Wilkinson, who answered the question, How do I get started with participatory mapping? ...