wildlife
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Just Some Adorable Images Google and WWF Captured as Part of Their Eyes on Recovery Project
The Eyes on Recovery project is one of the largest sensor camera projects ever undertaken.
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Lizard in Your Luggage? Artificial Intelligence Is Now Being Used to Detect Wildlife Trafficking
Blue-tongue lizards and sulphur-crested cockatoos are among the native animals frequently smuggled overseas. While the number of live animals seized by the Australian Government has tripled since 2017, the full scale of the problem eludes us as authorities don’t often know where and how wildlife is trafficked. Now, we can add a new technology to…
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How Phases of the Moon Affect Native Australian Wildlife
Humans have long been inspired and transfixed by the Moon, and as we’re discovering, moonlight can also change the behaviour of Australian wildlife. A collection of recently published research has illuminated how certain behaviours of animals – including potoroos, wallabies and quolls – change with variation in ambient light, phases of the Moon and cloud…
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Colorado Is Getting Its Wolves Back After Voters Approve Historic Law
Voters in Colorado have approved Proposition 114, forcing the state government to reintroduce the grey wolf. It’s the first time in U.S. history that a ballot measure win has obliged a state government to bring back a species that disappeared due to human actions.