Can a virtual fence help protect birds from human structures?
New geofence system integrating solar-powered biotelemetric tags reduces California condor collisions with wind turbines.
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WildTech.mongabay.com, a joint initiative of Mongabay, RESOLVE’s Biodiversity and Wildlife Solutions program, and the World Resources Institute (WRI), intends to help accelerate the flow of information among scientists, forest and wildlife managers, technology innovators, and interested groups and catalyze the development and application of technologies for forest and wildlife conservation.
Studying Cecil: development and deployment of lion-tracking technology
Six months after Cecil the Lion was shot, WildTech spoke with the scientist who led the team studying the lion before his death to learn more about Cecil, the technology used to study him, and how Cecil’s pride has fared.
From buying tech to building it
WildTech asks Dr. Henrik Rasmussen of Savannah Tracking about shifting careers from biologist to engineer.
iBats: Emerging tools for acoustic surveys and species identification
An app and portal aimed at improving bat surveys and broadening participation in bat population monitoring
A new year for technology
Some highlights of wildtech-mongabay-com.mongabay.com's first six months and a hint of what's to come in early 2016.
Reproductive technology (and understanding of experimental psychology) needed to save a critically endangered rhino
A commentary by rhino expert John Payne urges the use of all available technologies to raise birth rates of Sumatran rhinos.
Measuring the Heartbeat of the Delta
Traversing the Okavango Delta with NatGeo explorers to bring the beauty and wonder of the African wetland wilderness to the public through open-source and real-time data.
Could synthetic rhino horns help save the rhino?
Private-sector plans to biofabricate rhino horns to be carved into luxury items or resold into medicinal markets has raised controversy among conservationists who believe it will fuel the demand for the real thing.
Applying open-source tracking technology to hunting research in Brazil
An innovative use of an open-source animal monitoring platform to examine impacts of hunting dogs on wildlife
Listening for giants
‘Faster than expected’ is how Arctic residents describe the pace of climatic change at the top of the world. From big melts to ice-free summers – wildlife and humans alike…
Animal paparazzi: Camera traps focus on small critters
As camera trap technologies become cheaper and more reliable, and as research budgets shrink, more scientists are using the tools to study small and elusive animals around the world, such as hummingbirds and one of Australia’s rarest mammals.
Tracking imperiled elephants with cutting-edge technology: an interview with Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Integrating a suite of technologies can help protect wild elephants and monitoring grazing by domestic livestock, and improve human-wildlife relations.
Australia launches shark-tracking drones and ‘smart’ drum lines to prevent shark attacks
Drones will now hover above Australian coastal waters in a bid to reduce shark attacks, Australian government announced this week. The first drone trial began at Coffs Harbor in the…
DNA and beyond: The challenges of identifying wood and addressing illegal timber products
In a Q&A with WildTech, Meaghan Parker-Forney of the World Resources Institute discusses the illegal timber trade, tree DNA and the barcode of life.
Camera trap pictures help nab tiger poacher
Photos captured by camera traps could seal the fate of an alleged tiger poacher in Thailand, WCS announced last Wednesday. Thailand police have confiscated tiger skin and body parts at…
Technology for Restoring Wildlife to the Wild, Wild West
Lead Scientist at American Prairie Reserve, Kyran Kunkel, discusses present and future technologies for wildlife management and restoration.
Remote sensing is leading the way to a more transparent world
When a buildup of hot gases and magma burst through the rock and ice covering Mount St. Helens in 1980, the ensuing eruption leveled huge swaths of the surrounding pristine…
Stemming the tide: A new tool in wildlife crime whodunits
When Ross McEwing, technical director of the TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network, learned about a new technique for testing rhino horn DNA, he knew the tool could help bring wildlife traffickers in Vietnam to justice.
Using drones for anti-poaching: first, know your mission
On the week of October 9th, a 10-man ranger patrol team was ambushed by wildlife poachers equipped with heavy artillery as they searched for an elephant tracking collar in Garamba…
Putting our heads together for tigers
A group of scientists from the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and World Animal Protection is on the prowl for new tools to help protect wild tigers.…
