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Carrion crows engage in cooperative breeding which requires intricate communication between entire families that are involved in raising chicks.

From caws to code: AI helps decrypt animal communication

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 May 2026
Southern resident orcas, an endangered subspecies, are threatened by a decline in their food sources, noise pollution and vessel traffic.

AI tool listens for endangered orcas in real time to reduce human disturbance

Abhishyant Kidangoor 22 Apr 2026
A forest in Costa Rica. The country is considered a pioneer in a forest protection mechanism that has helped drastically reverse deforestation. Image by Rhett Butler.

Listening to forests reveals signs of recovery beyond tree cover

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Apr 2026
Koalas have been declared an endangered species in many states in Australia. The marsupial faces several threats to its survival. Image courtesy of Griffith University.

Koala on the road? AI signs could alert drivers in real time

Abhishyant Kidangoor 30 Mar 2026
Emperor penguins rely heavily on sea ice and are estimated to lose 98% of their colonies by 2100 if sea ice continues to decline.

Accidental discovery reveals new climate threat to emperor penguins

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Mar 2026
A tigress in India.

New mapping approach predicts habitat availability for species conservation

Abhishyant Kidangoor 3 Mar 2026
A flowering rainforest tree in the Amazon.

Drone-mounted eDNA hints at richness of life in the rainforest canopy

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 Jan 2026
Surviving mangroves after Odette storm hit a local beach in Barangay Cayhagan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, December 2021.

Democratizing AI for conservation: Interview with Ai2’s Ted Schmitt and Patrick Beukema

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Jan 2026

‘Internet of Animals,’ a unified wildlife tracker, set to resume after hiatus

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Dec 2025
The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Real-time deforestation alerts get an AI boost to identify the causes

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Dec 2025

New agreement aims to streamline Amazon Rainforest protection efforts

Abhishyant Kidangoor 27 Nov 2025
A squirrel in Central Park.

What Central Park’s Squirrel Census says about conservation tech: Interview with Okala’s Robin Whytock

Abhishyant Kidangoor 12 Nov 2025
Photos of orcas captured using drones in Alaska.

Drone surveys offer early warnings on whale health and survival

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Oct 2025
A herd of wildebeests.

Scientists rethink Serengeti migration numbers with satellite, AI tools

Abhishyant Kidangoor 3 Oct 2025
A mountain lion (Puma cancolor) caught on camera trap caching a deer for eating later.

Turning camera traps into real-time sentinels: Interview with Conservation X Lab’s Dante Wasmuht

Abhishyant Kidangoor 25 Sep 2025
Reticulated giraffes in East Africa.

How AI helps conservationists better understand and protect giraffes

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Sep 2025
A rhino in South Africa.

Tracking rhino horn trade: Interview with International Rhino Foundation’s Nina Fascione

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 Aug 2025
A lion in Western Cape, South Africa.

Learning to live with lions: Interview with Claw Conservancy’s Andrew Stein

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Aug 2025
A beluga whale in the Arctic Ocean near Norway.

Saving polar bears and beluga whales: Interview with Alysa McCall

Abhishyant Kidangoor 24 Jul 2025
Tyler Kartzinel’s research highlighted the gaps in DNA reference databases in tropical biodiversity hotspots.

DNA sequencing to meet global biodiversity goals: Interview with Tyler Kartzinel

Abhishyant Kidangoor 25 Jun 2025
Albatrosses with a rainbow in Ka'ena Point State Park, Hawaiʻi.

New map highlights complex web of marine migrations

Abhishyant Kidangoor 28 May 2025
Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

Radio tags help reveal the secret lives of tiger salamanders

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 May 2025
A tiger-legged monkey tree frog in Peruvian Amazon.

New report reinforces critical role of Amazonian protected areas in climate fight

Abhishyant Kidangoor 1 May 2025
A great tit (Parus major)

AI uncovers how birds remix their songs over time

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Apr 2025
Brown bears captured on camera at the Chilkat State Park in Alaska.

Scientists team up for Snapshot USA nationwide mammal survey

Abhishyant Kidangoor 9 Apr 2025
Polar bears give birth in dens beneath the snow where the cubs remain for many months; their emergence from dens marks a crucial period during which the cubs acclimatize to the harsh environment in the Arctic. Image by K T Miller/Polar Bears International.

Rare polar bear cub footage offers crucial conservation insights

Abhishyant Kidangoor 2 Apr 2025
North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis).

Counting whales by eavesdropping on their chatter, with help from machine learning

Abhishyant Kidangoor 18 Mar 2025
An African golden cat caught in a snare.

Ugandan researcher wins ‘Emerging Conservationist’ award for work on golden cats

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Mar 2025
The team that developed the kit has put it into the hands of conservationists to collect samples from lakes across Vietnam.

Can a new DNA test save the world’s rarest turtle?

Abhishyant Kidangoor 19 Feb 2025
INQUIRE, a dataset and evaluation tool, gauges how AI models perform when asked to extract extra information from wildlife photos captured by citizen scientists. The three images (above), showing hermit frogs caught in plastic trash, were clicked by citizen scientists and were used to train the dataset. Images by mferrla (left), anacarohdez (middle) and lexthelearner (right)/iNaturalist.

AI can already identify species in photos. Can it extract even more data?

Abhishyant Kidangoor 5 Feb 2025
A golden shrimp plant (Pachystachys lutea) in Missouri Botanical Garden.

Digitizing 6 million plant specimens: Interview with Gunter Fischer & Jordan Teisher

Abhishyant Kidangoor 24 Jan 2025
Data from transmitters helped the team identify corridors that are critical for the movements of the thick-billed parrots, which are endangered birds endemic to Mexico.

Satellite ‘backpacks’ help keep track of parrot migration in Mexico

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Jan 2025

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An Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus). Image by Dylan Goldspink.
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Photographer Jonathan Bachman was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for capturing a photograph of Ieshia Evans being arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was Ieshia Evans first protest, and Bachman’s first time covering one. The photo was included in The New York Times’ “The Year in Pictures 2016,” among other honors. jonathan bachman / reuters. Shepard Fairey—a prolific artist and activist who often addresses social and political issues in his work—was invited by the authors of ‘Protest’ to interpret Bachman’s photograph for the book. Image credit to Shepard Fairey. Image Courtesy of Patagonia Books.
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