How the world's best zoos are working to save biodiversity in an age of extinction. Tiger meets human at the Minnesota Zoo. Physical spaces where people can easily encounter and…
Global Forest Watch showing tree height and forest loss and gain between 2000 and 2012. World Resources Institute (WRI) today announced the release of a tool that promises to revolutionize…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Lian Pin Koh Collage of photos showing orangutan nests taken from a conservation drone. Photo courtesy of ConservationDrones.org. At the foothills of the…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Robin Chazdon Rainforest near La Selva, Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Dr. Robin Chazdon has dedicated over 30 years to studying…
Institutions and governments have been scanning human irises for years to verify one's identity—Google has been using this method since 2011—but could iris-scanning be employed on other species as well?…
Call recognition for animals. New technology makes it possible to automatically identify species by their vocalizations. The software and hardware system, detailed in the current issue of the journal PeerJ,…