Could New Tech Help Save Some Very Rare Whales?
May 29th, 2026
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how innovative systems to keep ships from hitting North Atlantic right whales are coming into use. The Trump administration is weighing whether they can replace a bedrock protection. Trackers that ping satellites every time a whale surfaces for air. Thermal cameras that can detect the animals […]
Read More »We Can Now Track Animals From Space. Here’s Why It Matters.
May 26th, 2026
Via BBC, a look at how we can now track animal panic from space and why it matters: After decades of development, wildlife surveillance has finally come of age. The new Icarus satellite is tracking signals hidden in animal behaviour – which could save the lives of cheetahs, rhinos and elephants. On a blustery morning […]
Read More »Fin-Tech: How Sharks Could Sharpen Ocean Forecasts
May 6th, 2026
Via Anthropocene, an interesting look at how sensors strapped to 19 sharks off America’s east coast cut errors in a leading climate model by as much as 43%: The vast ocean dwarfs our efforts to understand it. Sensor-laden buoys, high-flying satellites and sophisticated computer models can only do so much to plumb the depths of the waters […]
Read More »Internet of Animals: How Tracking Animal Movement May Save the Planet
May 6th, 2026
Via MIT’s Technology Review, a look at how researchers have been dreaming of an Internet of Animals. They’re getting closer to monitoring 100,000 creatures—and revealing hidden facets of our shared world. There was something strange about the way the sharks were moving between the islands of the Bahamas. Tiger sharks tend to hug the shoreline, […]
Read More »PlantNet: A “Shazam” for Plants
April 16th, 2026
Via The Conversation, a report on a new citizen science nature app that’s geared towards the scientific community: The Conversation: What can you tell us about PlantNet users? Pierre Bonnet and Alexis Joly: An impact study carried out a few years ago identified that 12% of users used the app for work, either for research, land management, […]
Read More »Why Conservationists Are Making Rhinos Radioactive
February 24th, 2026
Via Technology Review, a look at how rapid DNA tests, x-ray fluorescence guns, and other technologies are being deployed in the fight against wildlife trafficking: Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul millions of sharks out of protected seas, and smugglers carry countless animals and plants across borders. This illegal activity is […]
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