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Citizen science makes easy work of penguin time-lapse image bounty

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Jun 2018

Let there be light — but be mindful of the wildlife

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 26 Jun 2018

Cool birds don’t sing: Study automates acoustic monitoring of songbird migration

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Jun 2018

New study provides blueprint to translate satellite data into conservation action

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 Jun 2018

Species recognition shifts into auto with neural networks

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 15 Jun 2018

Global Forest Watch offers mapping and data visualization fellowships

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 May 2018

Scientists tackling conservation problems turn to artificial intelligence

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 May 2018

Online network seeks to boost international collaboration against wildlife trafficking in Central Africa

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 May 2018

Kenyan reserve’s tourism monitoring app builds revenue and transparency

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 May 2018

One-stop shop for digital global maps launched

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 30 Apr 2018

Cities worldwide use photo app technology to compete in nature observation challenge

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Apr 2018

From galaxies far, far away to endangered species just over the hill

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 11 Apr 2018
Intact palm swamp along a rainforest lake in southeastern Peru. Miners seek gold in the sediments, cutting trees and inputting harmful mercury into waters to identify the tiny gold pieces in the soil.

Radar returns to remote sensing through free, near-real-time global imagery

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Mar 2018

Where does your timber come from? Genetic analysis may soon tell you

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 8 Mar 2018
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Public access to Indonesian plantation data still mired in bureaucracy

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Mar 2018
Giraffes at dawn in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. Photo courtesy of George Powell.

Making mountains out of molehills: system builds public-access big data from many sources

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 23 Feb 2018

‘Eye of Papua’ shines a light on environmental, indigenous issues in Indonesia’s last frontier

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Feb 2018

Data fusion opens new horizons for remote imaging of landscapes

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Jan 2018

New satellite data reveals forest loss far greater than expected in Brazil Amazon

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Jan 2018

10 top conservation tech innovations from 2017

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 4 Jan 2018

Combining computing power and people power to identify key deforestation hotspots

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 26 Dec 2017

Know your ESA: an online resource for Endangered Species Act docs and data

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 20 Dec 2017

An early warning system for locating forest loss

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 16 Nov 2017
The Amazon rainforest along southeastern Peru's Tambopata River, seen from above.

Crowdsourcing the forest for the trees

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 7 Nov 2017

New resource for planning camera trapping, acoustic monitoring, and LiDAR projects

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Nov 2017

Can technology drive conservation? Experts discuss in Mongabay forum (video)

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 27 Oct 2017

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2017

App combines computer vision and crowdsourcing to explore Earth’s biodiversity, one photo at a time

Colleen O'Brien 30 Aug 2017
A male indigo bunting pauses in Texas during

Scientists combine crowd-sourced field observations with land-use and climate models to identify steps for migratory bird protection

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Aug 2017

Measuring fish abundance through acoustics: spawning aggregations are key to improving fishery management plans

Danielle Bettermann 15 Aug 2017

Open-source species location data supports global biodiversity analyses

Colleen O'Brien 31 Jul 2017

Road safety for wildlife: researchers analyze the best techniques for road-kill mitigation

Danielle Bettermann 21 Jul 2017

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