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A Mojave Desert tortoise with an iButton attached to it.

How hot are the desert tortoises getting? iButtons help find the answer

Abhishyant Kidangoor 20 Sep 2023
Young beaver grooming itself. Image courtesy of Cheryl Reynolds via Wikimedia Commons.

NASA satellites reveal restoration power of beavers

Jeremy Hance 11 Sep 2023
In July 2021, the commercial propagation permit for Malusog Rice was granted, paving the way for its pilot-scale deployment in several provinces a year later.

Is the genetically modified, nutrient-rich Golden Rice as safe as promised?

Keith Anthony Fabro 11 Sep 2023
Arctic sea ice.

Sensing tech used in oil pipelines can also track Arctic sea ice, study shows

Abhishyant Kidangoor 11 Sep 2023
Aerial view of a road.

Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023
Eastern bluebirds

With fewer birds seen on farms, scientists try listening for them

Abhishyant Kidangoor 8 Sep 2023

Transgenics contaminate a third of Brazil’s traditional corn in semiarid region

Adriana Amâncio 1 Sep 2023
A red fox.

In the chain of species extinctions, AI can predict the next link to break

Abhishyant Kidangoor 22 Aug 2023
Gowanus E-Waste Warehouse and Prop Library

From grassroots to government, Singapore takes lead in tackling e-waste

Abhishyant Kidangoor 21 Aug 2023
The team at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation attempts to put a tag on a reticulated giraffe in Namibia.

Where are the giraffes hiding? Predictive tracking tech points the way

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 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
EarthRanger Director Jes Lefcourt testing EarthRanger Mobile in northern Kenya.

Wildlife management platform EarthRanger goes mobile with new app

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Aug 2023

Zika, dengue transmission expected to rise with climate change

Luís Patriani 9 Aug 2023
Greville's bolete, which has a mycorrhizal relationship with larch trees.

Machine learning helps researchers identify underground fungal networks

Abhishyant Kidangoor 4 Aug 2023
Tridi Oasis recycles PET bottles to produce rPET flakes which could be used to make packing materials and textiles.

Funding circularity: Investing in Asia’s circular economy business models

Abhishyant Kidangoor 1 Aug 2023

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

Liz Kimbrough 1 Aug 2023
A snow leopard captured on a camera trap.

When wildlife surveillance tech ‘watches’ people

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 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
A farmer in a paddy field.

Vietnamese rice farmers go high-tech to anticipate a low-water future

Sonal Gupta | Victoria Mann | JJ Mazzucotelli | Michelle Gomez | Hafsa Maqsood 24 Jul 2023
Virtual fencing collars emit a warning sound when an animal approaches the invisible boundary. If the animal does not respond to the sound, the collar will deliver a small electric shock. Image courtesy of Vence.

Virtual fences can benefit both ranchers and wildlife

Ruth Kamnitzer 19 Jul 2023
A leatherback hatchling.

Tag team effort brings tech to aid leatherback turtle conservation

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Jul 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
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
Women carrying saplings.

New Tree Tech: Data-driven reforestation methods match trees to habitats

Claire Asher 11 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

Climate emergency may channel millions in resources toward corn-based ethanol in the Amazon

Fábio Bispo/O Joio e o Trigo 3 Jul 2023
A black beetle.

Sounds of the soil: A new tool for conservation?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Jun 2023
A little owl (Athene noctua).

Air pollution sensors found to store crucial biodiversity data

Abhishyant Kidangoor 23 Jun 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

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