The secret lives of Canada lynx
New technology captures never-before-heard sounds of lynx hunting, fighting, and sleeping.
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2021
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Ultraviolet 'television' for animals helps us better understand them
University of Queensland scientists have developed an ultraviolet 'television' display designed to help researchers better understand how animals see the world.
Plants & Animals
Feb 19, 2021
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Researchers build first AI tool capable of identifying individual birds
New research demonstrates for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to train computers to recognize individual birds, a task humans are unable to do. The research is published in the British Ecological ...
Ecology
Jul 27, 2020
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Dial-a-frog: Researchers develop the 'FrogPhone' to remotely call frogs in the wild
Researchers have developed the 'FrogPhone', a novel device which allows scientists to call up a frog survey site and monitor them in the wild. The FrogPhone is the world's first solar-powered remote survey device that relays ...
Ecology
Dec 6, 2019
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Through the eyes of animals
Humans are now closer to seeing through the eyes of animals, thanks to an innovative software framework developed by researchers from the University of Queensland and the University of Exeter.
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2019
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Researchers use drones to weigh whales
By measuring the body length, width and height of free-living southern right whales photographed by drones, researchers were able to develop a model that accurately calculated the body volume and mass of the whales.
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2019
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A modeling tool to rapidly predict weed spread risk
In the study, published in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, the researchers developed the tool that uses information about the features of a weed species and the geography of the area in which it has been reported ...
Evolution
Sep 16, 2019
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Using artificial intelligence to track birds' dark-of-night migrations
On many evenings during spring and fall migration, tens of millions of birds take flight at sunset and pass over our heads, unseen in the night sky. Though these flights have been recorded for decades by the National Weather ...
Ecology
Aug 28, 2019
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Where are the bees? Tracking down which flowers they pollinate
Researchers at UEA and the Earlham Institute (EI) have developed a new method to rapidly identify the sources of bee pollen to understand which flowers are important for bees.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2019
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Scant amounts of DNA reveal conservation clues
The key to solving a mystery is finding the right clues. Wildlife detectives aiming to protect endangered species have long been hobbled by the near impossibility of collecting DNA samples from rare and elusive animals. Now, ...
Ecology
Apr 10, 2019
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