Out of the Wild: How A.I. Is Transforming Conservation Science
May 22nd, 2025
Via Yale’s e360, a look at how artificial intelligence is being called a game changer for enabling scientists and conservationists to process vast troves of data collected remotely. But some warn its use could keep biologists from getting out in the field with the animals and ecosystems they are studying. It has always been challenging […]
Read More »Help Wanted: The Many Ways Scientists Are Turning Birds Into Feathered Field Assistants
May 18th, 2025
Via Audobon, a report on how – from frigatebirds and gulls to curlews and cormorants – researchers are tapping the ”Internet of Animals” to map, understand, and protect our changing world: In the late 1990s, as an ecologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Martin Wikelski guesses he drove every mile of the Prairie State’s backroads […]
Read More »Enlisting Paparazzi to Save a Gigantic Fish
May 18th, 2025
Via Nautilus, a look at how crowd-sourced data on the giant sea bass suggest it’s making a rebound The giant sea bass lives up to its name—the bulky fish can stretch up to nearly 9 feet long and weigh more than 500 pounds. It has a pretty massive fan club, too: The beloved bony fish […]
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