Collaborate Disseminate
GPS-enabled tracking modules allow scientists to learn a great deal about wild animals, but the devices do have one major drawback – limited battery life. A new tracker gets around that limitation, as it’s continuously powered by the animal’s movements… Continue reading Motion-powered GPS unit designed to track wild animals indefinitely
Radio trackers have become an important part of studying the movements of wildlife, but keeping one running for the life of an animal has been challenging. Researchers have now developed …read more Continue reading Kinefox Tracks Wildlife for a Lifetime
In an effort to keep livestock safe from coyotes while not harming the predators themselves, researchers carried out a study involving a remote-controlled vehicle equipped with powerful lights. The solution worked, hinting at a future in which robot ra… Continue reading How robot ranch hands could protect livestock from predators
A team led by researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has established a new platypus colony in the Royal National Park on the banks of the Hacking River outside of Sydney for the first time in more than half a century.Con… Continue reading The platypus returns to Australian national park after half a century
Bird nesting towers, floating habitats and tree canopy decks are among the striking, ambitious visions to come out of the international Wildlife Pavilions architecture competition.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Concept Architect… Continue reading Stunning designs from the Wildlife Pavilions architecture competition
A new study has suggested that by protecting and restoring wildlife, we can enhance natural carbon capture mechanisms and reduce climate change.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Climate, Climate Crisis, Wildlife, Animals, Extinction, … Continue reading Protecting and restoring wildlife offers a new climate solution
The winners of the 2022 Nature inFocus Photography Awards feature a spectacular assortment of wildlife moments, including a rare glimpse of a jaguar prowling through a village in Mexico, a pair of feral dogs unexpectedly encountering a porcupine, and a… Continue reading The 2022 Nature inFocus photo winners deliver spectacle and surprise
From a shy raccoon waving hello, to a penguin that’s had enough of its friend’s squawking, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Award finalists have again delivered a most entertaining array of hilarious animal antics.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, … Continue reading Talk to the flipper! The Comedy Wildlife Photo Award finalists
Now in its 58th year, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year is one of the world’s longest running photography competitions, and this year’s extraordinary winners cover everything from a surreal visit to an abandoned village now populated by polar bears… Continue reading Polar bears take over the 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards
A parasitic fungus exploding out of the body of its host has taken the top prize in this year’s BMC Ecology and Evolution photography competition, a unique contest run by scientists and designed to creatively highlight the relationships between differe… Continue reading Erupting zombie fungus takes out unique science photography contest