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Jaguars still roam the Chaco, but they require large tracts of contiguous forest to survive and reproduce. As forest is destroyed, fewer of these intact landscapes exist. Photo by Eduardo Merille via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Fences, tech and trust help save jaguars in Panama’s Darién

Marlowe Starling 12 Aug 2025

Camera traps, drones meant for wildlife can ‘spy’ on women: Study

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Nov 2024

Five-year rainforest tech competition culminates with four winners

Abhishyant Kidangoor 20 Nov 2024
Banner image of a drone. Image by Potushaft via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bird-watching with drones? Might want to watch your distance, study says

Kristine Sabillo 28 Oct 2024

At the ‘Biodiversity Olympics,’ scientists work to democratize rainforest tech

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 Aug 2024
A pangolin fitted with a radio transmitter prior to re-release.

On foot and by drone, radio tracking helps rehabilitate pangolins in Vietnam

Claudia Geib 10 May 2024
Acorns on an oak tree.

Drone cameras help scientists distinguish between drought stress & fungus in oaks

Abhishyant Kidangoor 18 Apr 2024
A Geoffroy's spider monkey

Tech to recover rainforest: Interview with Osa Conservation’s Carolina Pinto & Paulina Rodriguez

Abhishyant Kidangoor 21 Feb 2024
The platforms can carry environmental sensors and could be useful tools to disperse sensors in far-flung areas.

Origami-inspired sensor platforms tumble like leaves to study forests

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Oct 2023
Jan Gogarten and Christina Lynggaard

Swab a leaf and find a species. Or 50, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 3 Oct 2023

Mongabay Explains: How high-tech tools are used for successful reforestation

Mongabay.com 30 Aug 2023
Global map of the oceans including elevation. Image courtesy of Esri.

To protect the oceans, we must map them (commentary)

Dawn Wright 10 Aug 2023
Debbie Saunders

‘Immense potential’ in tech: Q&A with Wildlife Drones CEO Debbie Saunders

Abhishyant Kidangoor 31 Jul 2023
Canopy in fall.

Genetically engineered trees stoke climate hope — and environmental fears

Juliette Portala 27 Jul 2023

XPRIZE Rainforest finalists named for top conservation technology award

Mike DiGirolamo 25 Jul 2023
A leatherback hatchling.

Tag team effort brings tech to aid leatherback turtle conservation

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Jul 2023
A Cao-vit gibbon in a tree.

Drones improve counts of rare Cao-vit gibbon, identify conservation priorities

Sean Mowbray 12 Jul 2023
Drone carrying self-burying seed carriers .

New Tree Tech: Cutting-edge drones give reforestation a helping hand

Claire Asher 12 Jul 2023
A operator flying drones.

New Tree Tech: AI, drones, satellites and sensors give reforestation a boost

Claire Asher 10 Jul 2023
An Asian honey bee on a yellow flower.

Scientists hope to tech the heck out of eDNA sampling with drones, robots

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Jul 2023
Spot, the robotic dog, is equipped with cameras and audio recorders.

Meet the tech projects competing for a $10m prize to save rainforests

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Jun 2023
Kevin Marriott with a drone.

Competing for rainforest conservation: Q&A with XPRIZE’s Kevin Marriott

Abhishyant Kidangoor 2 Jun 2023
It’s early morning and Lun Yi feeds her chicken.

Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules

Hanna Hett | Shaurya Kshatri | Megan Wilde | Aastha Sethi 28 Apr 2023

Technology makes studying wildlife easier, but access isn’t equal

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Oct 2022

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

Abhishyant Kidangoor 19 Aug 2022

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

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Jun 2022

Researchers turn to drones for that big-picture view of the forest canopy

Caitlin Looby 21 Mar 2022

Indigenous Comcáac turtle group saves sea turtles in Mexico’s Gulf of California

Astrid Arellano 17 Feb 2022
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

Armed with data and smartphones, Amazon communities boost fight against deforestation

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 12 Jul 2021

$10 million XPRIZE Rainforest contest announces 33 qualifying teams

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 22 Jun 2021
Ranger training in Zimbabwe

Saving Africa’s biodiversity is a challenging, but urgent necessity, says Rodger Schlickeisen

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Mar 2021

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