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Wildlife monitoring tech is used to intimidate and spy on women
The use of remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders, and drones has become a powerful tool in conservation science to observe wildlife and natural ecosystems, as well as to monitor designated protected areas. However, researchers from the University of Cambridge investigating a forest in northern India have discovered that the technologies are being deliberately misused
Fish & Wildlife Service Overseeing SpaceX Concrete Debris Cleanup
Home » Space » Fish & Wildlife Service Overseeing SpaceX Concrete Debris Cleanup SpaceX is cleaning up the concrete debris from the inaugural Starship launch! Personnel from the Fish & Wildlife Service and Texas Parks have been spotted onsite, likely overseeing the process. Felix Schlang and John Cargile of What About It report this information
Nature walk: wildlife photographer peeks behind the urban jungle of Singapore
Published February 6, 20238 min readNational Geographic Photographer Gab Mejia has been to Singapore four times, but it wasn’t until his last trip in April that he witnessed something thoroughly unexpected. The Manila-based conservation photographer has hiked up remote snow-capped mountains and trekked through arid deserts to capture images of exotic wildlife and breathtaking landscape.
A wildlife first: World’s biggest ocean stingray tagged in the wild
Published January 24, 20237 min readIn a scientific first, researchers have tagged wild smalleye stingrays, the world’s largest and rarest marine stingray, in Mozambique. These monstrous Pacific Ocean fish, which can reach up to 10 feet long, are so rarely seen, they’re likely a critically endangered species.After weeks of surveying the coast off the Bazaruto
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Wildlife trafficker nabbed in deep south sold animals over Line: Thai cops
The national police force today arrested a man in the deep south they accuse of being behind an extensive network that trafficks wildlife from owls to hawks. Identified only as Manusi, 23, he was arrested in Narathiwat city and has been charged with the trade and possession of protected wildlife. The police say he confessed…
Anthrax is an infectious bacterial disease endemic in some parts of Africa. It affects people, livestock as well as wildlife. Using GPS telemetry data, a team of scientists from the Cheetah Research Project of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) reconstructed a special case of anthrax infection in Namibia: Three free-ranging cheetahs…