Image recognition technology could help with wildlife management, but the products still need some fine tuning. “We saw lots of possible implications if this technology would work,” said TWS member and Arkansas Chapter Past-President Becky …
If you’re going on a vacation, you may be able to help researchers collect important information about endangered species. Researchers have trained computers to search social media and find photos of species like zebras and …
For many bird species, scientists don’t have much information to figure out whether their populations are rising, falling or staying about the same. To get a better sense, researchers turned to a combination of big …
Traditional models predict Arctic sea ice levels well over a few weeks, but long-range forecasting is a challenge. But researchers say a new tool using artificial intelligence may be far more accurate—and much faster. IceNET …
The wildfires burning across the western United States may offer a glimpse of the future of forests, according to recent research. Rupert Seidl, Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes at the …
Biologists at the University of Victoria have teamed up with software experts to use facial recognition technology to identify individual grizzlies (Ursus arctos horribilis), picking up differences the human eye has trouble discerning. “The software …
Studying sociable weaver birds in South Africa, André Ferreira found himself bogged down by how tedious and time consuming it was. The species gathers in colonies, where the birds work together to build their nests. …
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Algorithms can help researchers tune into massive soundscapes involving a huge number of species and background noise to determine the level of seabird recovery on remote islands in Alaska. “We think that soundscapes are a …
While researchers have been able to track birds migrating at night using National Weather Service radar, sometimes it’s just too much data to go through in order to answer bigger questions they may have. “These …
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