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A squirrel and a bird share a bird feeder.

Bioacoustics in your backyard: Q&A with conservation technologist Topher White

Abhishyant Kidangoor 31 Mar 2023
A pair of the critically endangered Hainan gibbons.

To save Hainan gibbons, Earth’s rarest primate, experts roll out the big tech

Abhishyant Kidangoor 27 Mar 2023
Example of the kind of virtual environments that gaming companies are currently creating. Image via Unreal Engine, a 3D creation tool for photo realistic visuals and immersive experiences.

On wildlife and the Metaverse, some ethical considerations (commentary)

Nikolas Kozloff 17 Mar 2023
Sample footage from the game "Horizon" developed by Guerrilla Games.

Can gaming solve a puzzle for camera trap conservationists? (commentary)

Zhengyang Wang 16 Mar 2023
A school of fish.

Tech companies work to make fishing, aquaculture more sustainable

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Dec 2022
Vehicles on the Trans-Amazonian Highway

Road network spreads ‘arteries of destruction’ across 41% of Brazilian Amazon

Antenor Savoldi Junior 22 Sep 2022
Global forest carbon map

New tech aims to track carbon in every tree, boost carbon market integrity

Carolyn Cowan 19 Sep 2022
A healthy coral reef in Tahiti.

Scientists develop AI that can listen to the pulse of a reef being restored

Cassie Freund 25 Aug 2022

‘Amped-up citizen science’ to save the world: Q&A with Conservation AI Hub’s Grant Hamilton

Abhishyant Kidangoor 19 Aug 2022
A red river hog.

In Gabon, camera-trap developers find the ideal proving ground for their craft

Manon Verchot, Sanshey Biswas 18 Aug 2022

Hear that? Bioacoustics is having its moment, but the technology still needs tuning

Abhishyant Kidangoor 18 Aug 2022

New near-real-time tool reveals Earth’s land cover in more detail than ever before

Carolyn Cowan 9 Jun 2022

Can conservation technology help save our rapidly disappearing species? | Problem Solved

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Jun 2022

AI model shows how Amazon dams can be made less environmentally damaging

Jennifer Ann Thomas 24 Mar 2022

Tech revolution holds world of promise for conservation, but challenges persist

Caitlin Looby 2 Feb 2022
Sara Beery observes elephants in the field at Mara North Conservancy in Kenya with the Mara Elephant Project’s long-term monitoring team. The tuskless mother elephant is known as ID129. Image courtesy of Chags Photography for the Mara Elephant Project.

Boosting human and machine expertise with conservation tech: Q&A with Sara Beery

Caitlin Looby 13 Dec 2021
TNC scientist Eddie Game checks an acoustic recorder in Papua New Guinea. Photo © Justine E. Hausheer / The Nature Conservancy

Collaboration is key to scaling conservation technologies (commentary)

Jonathan Palmer 7 Dec 2021

Indigenous agents fight deforestation with drones and AI in Brazilian Amazon

Juliana Ennes, Leandro Chaves 10 Nov 2021

New artificial intelligence tool helps forecast Amazon deforestation

Juliana Ennes 9 Aug 2021
Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco). Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Betting big on bioacoustics: Q&A with philanthropist Lisa Yang

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2021
Topher White of Rainforest Connection installing a bioacoustic device in the forest canopy. Image by Ben Von Wong.

Big bioacoustics boost: Cornell University program receives $24 million donation

Erik Hoffner 10 Jun 2021

How to transform systems: Q&A with WRI’s Andrew Steer

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jan 2021
Pine forest in the Sierra Nevada. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

Bold sustainability commitments: An interview with Microsoft’s Lucas Joppa

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2020

Where to patrol next: ‘Netflix’ of ranger AI serves up poaching predictions

Claudia Geib 5 Nov 2020

New artificial intelligence could save both elephant and human lives

Claudia Geib 17 Sep 2020

Facial recognition tech for chimps looks to bust online ape trafficking

Colin Sytsma 4 Aug 2020

Shah Selbe on how open source technology is creating new opportunities for conservation

Mike Gaworecki 5 Mar 2020

Success of Microsoft’s ‘moonshot’ climate pledge hinges on forest conservation

Justin Catanoso 3 Feb 2020

Tree-planting programs turn to tech solutions to track effectiveness

Malavika Vyawahare 22 Nov 2019

Conservation tech prize with invasive species focus announces finalists

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Jul 2019

Earth’s hidden tree-microbe network mapped for the first time ever

Shreya Dasgupta 27 May 2019

Models, maps, and citizen scientists working to save the Great Barrier Reef

Marianne Messina 14 May 2019

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