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Illegal logging observed in Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesian Borneo

Indonesia strengthens forest monitoring with new tool to meet EU deforestation law

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Apr 2025
Banner image of a loggerhead sea turtle released in 2021, courtesy of Vanessa Kahn/New England Aquarium.

Surgically implanted tags offer rare insight into rehabilitated sea turtles

Kristine Sabillo 25 Mar 2025
A Burmese python (Python bivittatus) and an American alligator locked in in Florida's everglades. Native to Southeast Asia, the pythons were brought to South Florida as exotic pets and are now an invasive species threatening native fauna. Image © Lori Oberhofer, National Park Service.

Both legal and illegal wildlife trade ‘need better monitoring’: Interview with Alice Hughes

Spoorthy Raman 19 Mar 2025
Banner image of a common noctule courtesy of Kamran Safi/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.

Smart tags reveal migratory bats are storm-front surfers

Kristine Sabillo 15 Jan 2025
Deforestation for soy plantations and cattle ranches endanger the habitats of Amazon primates and prevent their movement to new locations. Rivers further limit the ability of small primates to move. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Sea change for soy champion Brazil as it wrestles with EUDR compliance

Karla Mendes 30 Dec 2024

Coffee agroforestry promises a path to EUDR compliance, but challenges remain

Marina Martinez 26 Dec 2024
Amazon Rainforest

Brazil paper and pulp industry invests in blockchain to comply with EUDR

Karla Mendes 16 Dec 2024
Rainforest in Gabon surrounded by Ivindo River.

Satellites and lidar get AI boost to count forest carbon stock worldwide

Abhishyant Kidangoor 9 Dec 2024
World Forest ID collects samples from around the world and uses chemical and genetic profiling techniques to create a database that classifies timber and other plants based on their location of origin.

Using science to fight deforestation: Interview with World Forest ID’s Jade Saunders & Andrew Lowe

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 Nov 2024
A rhino.

Tracking footprints to monitor wildlife: Interview with WildTrack’s Zoe Jewell

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Nov 2024
Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica

Satellite firm Planet’s ‘biodiversity subscription’ aims to make tech accessible

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 Oct 2024
Egyptian fruit bat

Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Sep 2024
A coral reef off the coast of Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Ronal Mambrasar/Konservasi Indonesia.

$35m debt-for-nature deal aims to protect Indonesia’s coral reefs

M Ambari 30 Aug 2024
Camera trap training in the DRC.

Regions with highest risks to wildlife have fewest camera traps, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 15 Jul 2024
A Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) at a lake.

Crowdsourcing eDNA for biodiversity monitoring: Interview with Kristy Deiner

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Jun 2024
Forest clearing for soy in Parecis in the state of Rondonia

New satellite data documents deforestation across ecosystems worldwide

Abhishyant Kidangoor 20 May 2024
Satellite image of wildfires in Quebec, Canada, in June, 2023.

Tropical forest loss puts 2030 zero-deforestation target further out of reach

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Apr 2024
Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis). Image courtesy of WWF Sweden.

Ancient giant river dolphin species found in the Peruvian Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 20 Mar 2024
A camera trap image of a mountain lion feeding on a mule.

‘We’re doing so much with so little’: Interview with WildLabs’ Talia Speaker

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Feb 2024
Two koala bears.

Conservation X Labs announces merger with AI nonprofit Wild Me

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Jan 2024
Polar bears.

‘No end in sight’ for potential of conservation tech: Q&A with Megan Owen

Abhishyant Kidangoor 5 Jan 2024
Monarch butterflies

Betting on biodiversity: Q&A with Superorganism’s Kevin Webb & Tom Quigley

Abhishyant Kidangoor 3 Nov 2023
A leopard in Primorsky Krai region in the Russian Far East caught on camera.

Taking the global pulse of biodiversity monitoring: Q&A with Andrew Gonzalez

Abhishyant Kidangoor 11 Oct 2023

AI unlocks secrets of Amazon river dolphins’ behavior, no tagging required

Liz Kimbrough 1 Aug 2023
Landsat views the forests from high above the Earth.

New Tree Tech: Real-time, long-term, high-tech reforestation monitoring

Claire Asher 13 Jul 2023
Bioacoustic researcher

The more degraded a forest, the quieter its wildlife, new study shows

Carolyn Cowan 24 Apr 2023

Murdered Belize environmentalist helped boost marine conservation through technology

Maxwell Radwin 10 Jan 2023

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

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Oct 2022

A fisheries observer’s disappearance sheds light on a bigger problem

Blanca Moncada Pesantes 26 Aug 2022

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

Abhishyant Kidangoor 19 Aug 2022
Nepal Beni jomsom road construction

No critical examination of flawed environmental assessments in Nepal, experts say

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Aug 2022
A huge swarm of locusts devours corn

High tech early warning system could curb next South African locust swarms

Anna Weekes 29 Jun 2022

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