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The XyloTron: combating illegal logging in seconds

Sammi Dowdell 22 Jul 2015

Exploring the intersection of conservation and technology

Mongabay 21 Jul 2015

Wildlife forensics unmask poachers and traffickers

Laurel Neme 10 Jul 2015

Brazilian police and scientists team up to crack down on illegal timber trade

Jonathan Mason 1 Jul 2015

Using DNA evidence to pinpoint poaching zones

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 30 Jun 2015

Taking technology out in the cold: working to conserve snow leopards

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 30 Jun 2015

Real-time monitoring: How timely location data can keep wildlife out of danger zones

Nadia de Souza 18 Jun 2015

Catch a whiff? Device aims to reveal age, gender, and identity of endangered wolves from the scent of their poop

Rebecca Kessler 11 Jun 2015

Drone Herders: Tanzanian rangers and researchers use UAVs to protect elephants and crops

Mike DiGirolamo 27 May 2015

Cash prizes offered for solutions to wildlife poaching crisis

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 26 May 2015

Weapons trafficking experts target criminal wildlife trade networks

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2015

Using freely available tools to monitor forest cover in critical chimpanzee habitat

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 May 2015

Scientists identify frog through DNA without leaving forest

Jeremy Hance 5 May 2015

Borneo’s rainforest may get high-tech 3D scan to boost conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 May 2015

Tapping into evolutionary responses to guard crops against elephants

Nathan Hahn 30 Apr 2015

Rainforest communities can now report illegal logging with their mobile phones

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Apr 2015

Predicting deforestation before it happens

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Apr 2015

Tropical soundscapes offer clues to forest and animal community health

Heather D'angelo 1 Apr 2015

Citizen scientists help demystify Serengeti’s wildlife with photos

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Mar 2015

To collect or not to collect? Experts debate the need for specimens

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Dec 2014

How remote sensing could change conservation forever

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2014

Surprising reasons to be optimistic about saving forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2014

Using mobile apps to stop wildlife trafficking at the border

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2014

Peru has massive opportunity to avoid emissions from deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Nov 2014

Citizen scientist site hits one million observations of life on Earth

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2014

With drones, satellites, and camera traps proliferating, conservation needs better networking

Mongabay.com, Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2014

Daring activists use high-tech to track illegal logging trucks in the Brazilian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 15 Oct 2014

Google, zoo to leverage ‘TV white space’ to monitor wildlife

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2014

World’s rainforests could be mapped in 3D at high resolution by 2020 for under $250M

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2014

Conservationists use social media to take on Peru’s booming illegal wildlife trade

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Sep 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees to stem illegal logging

Dr Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2014

Scientists can now accurately count polar bears…from space

Jeremy Hance 17 Jul 2014

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