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Machine learning tool helps prioritize plants for conservation

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Jan 2019
Fungi in Yunnan, China. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Rainforests: storylines to watch in 2019

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2019

Top camera trapping stories of 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Dec 2018

Top 10 happy environmental stories of 2018

Basten Gokkon 31 Dec 2018
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2018

10 ways conservation tech shifted into auto in 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Dec 2018

Drone 3D models help assess risk of turtle nesting beaches to sea level rise

David Klinges 27 Dec 2018
Wild orchids still attached to tree branches, for sale in a street market in China. Photo courtesy Amy Hinsley.

Social media, e-commerce sites facilitate illegal orchid trade

Stephanie Parker 21 Dec 2018

DNA test helps officials spot dodgy shark shipments

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 Dec 2018

Illegal mining in the Amazon ‘not comparable to any other period of its history’

Kimberley Brown 20 Dec 2018

Photos highlight evolving roles of AI, citizen science in species research

David Klinges 17 Dec 2018

Hobby-grade drones can monitor marine animals beneath the surface

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 14 Dec 2018

Satellite trackers help fight vultures’ extinction in southern Africa

Munyaradzi Makoni 13 Dec 2018

A monitoring network in the Amazon captures a flood of data

Elizabeth Oliveira 11 Dec 2018

Peru’s Brazil nut harvesters learn to monitor forests with drones

Yvette Sierra Praeli 6 Dec 2018
Beijing smog as seen from the China World Hotel, March 2003, during the SARS outbreak. Photo by Kevin Dooley.

Mosses could help rapidly detect pollution

Bailey Bedford 5 Dec 2018

Bits of DNA in ocean water can reveal white sharks swimming nearby

Sofie Bates 4 Dec 2018

For elusive Javan rhinos, camera traps are a benevolent Big Brother

Nuswantoro 3 Dec 2018

For the birds: Innovations enable tracking of even small flying animals

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Dec 2018
Handroanthus guayacan tree in full bloom.

Tropical trees grow most easily where they are rare

Tom Garlinghouse 3 Dec 2018

Virtual meetup highlights networked sensor technology for parks

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 30 Nov 2018
Extract of an aerial 360° of an informal gold mine in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Click the image to see the full panorama.

Information-based solutions for forest conservation projects

Mongabay.com 29 Nov 2018

In pursuit of the rare bird that vanishes for half the year

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Nov 2018

Filling in the gaps: Managing endangered species on the high seas

Marianne Messina 23 Nov 2018

Camera-wielding robot records effects of pesticide on bees’ behavior

Stephanie Parker 21 Nov 2018

Pod-cast: New app streams whale songs for web users in real time

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Nov 2018

Google searches reveal public interest in conservation is rising

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Nov 2018

Radar helps Kenya map mangroves and other cloud-covered forests

Gatonye Gathura 15 Nov 2018

Speed trap: Cameras help defuse human-cheetah conflict in Botswana

Calistus Bosaletswe 13 Nov 2018

Satellite technology unites Kenyans against bush fires

David Njagi 9 Nov 2018

Hackathon enlightens coders and conservationists alike

David Klinges 8 Nov 2018

AI simplifies statewide study of leopards in south India

Vasudevan Sridharan 5 Nov 2018

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