The theme of the 2021 Women in Science Day is ‘Women Scientists at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. Our majority-women WildTrack Core Group is made up of independent scientists working to protect wildlife around the world and prevent human:wildlife conflict. As such, our work is of fundamental importance…
All over the world, bats – yes those same bats that pollinate our food, disperse seeds, eat bugs that annoy us – are in deep trouble. A fungal disease, white-nose syndrome, is decimating hibernating bat species in the West. Often the first contact we have with bats is when we…
Nature tourism and wildlife conservation often work hand in hand to support each other. COVID-19 has hit tourism very hard, creating major challenges in both sectors. Our colleagues in Iran have been working hard to monitor wild cats, and are also offering an opportunity to contribute to Iran’s conservation work…
We’re truly honoured to be recipients of the 2020 Association for Unmanned Vehicle Services International (AUVSI) XCELLENCE award in the Humanitarian category, for our work using UAVs to monitor the cryptic ground evidence left by endangered species (in our case, trails and footprints). Our special thanks to our partners at…
WildTrack, in collaboration with the UC Berkeley I School, has won the coveted Hal R. Varian Capstone award for the WildTrackAI Computer Vision application! WildTrack was voted by the judges as the best project out of 22 competitors showcasing AI applications in a wide range of fields. The WildTrackAI system…
This paper focuse specifically on the practical application of our footprint identification technique in JMP for monitoring at-risk black rhino populations in Namibia’s custodianship properties. @thePeerJ https://peerj.com/articles/9670 #Biodiversity #ConservationBiology #Ecology #Statistics
By Rosie Miles, Field Research Coordinator, Leopard Ecology and Conservation, Botswana. At Leopard Ecology & Conservation we seek to promote the long-term survival of leopard and lion populations in the Kalahari area of central Botswana by integrating conservation and community-education. This requires an understanding of the status and habitat needs…
This is a great story of how a zookeeper’s curiosity and expertise with jaguars helped her think like a professional tracker. Thanks to our friends at WildLabsNet for conducting the interview and posting it on their site. When WildTrack was asked by a colleague working in the Brazilian Amazon to develop…
Now you can view WildTrack’s TerraX documentary as a stand-alone sequence with English subtitles (Credit: Alexander Beck, JMP Germany)
WildTrack’s work in Namibia to monitor and protect black rhino, in partnership with Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve, is featured in a new documentary from German documentary film-maker Christopher Gerisch. https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/abenteuer-namibia-102.html This Terra-X series that has 5 million regular viewers. The programme features five different science projects in Namibia. The WildTrack segment…
