Inexpensive and accessible sensors are accelerating data acquisition in animal ecology.
These technologies hold great potential for large-scale ecological understanding, but are …

The 21st century has witnessed precipitous changes spanning from the way of life to the
technologies that emerged. We have entered a nascent paradigm shift (industry 4.0) where …

The range of technologies currently used in biodiversity conservation is staggering, with
innovative uses often adopted from other disciplines and being trialed in the field. We …

The protection and restoration of the biosphere is crucial for human resilience and well-
being, but the scarcity of data on the status and distribution of biodiversity puts these efforts …

Abstract Knowledge over the number of animals in large wildlife reserves is a vital necessity
for park rangers in their efforts to protect endangered species. Manual animal censuses are …

Animal behaviour is remarkably sensitive to disruption by chemical pollution, with
widespread implications for ecological and evolutionary processes in contaminated wildlife …

Park managers call for cost-effective and innovative solutions to handle a wide variety of
environmental problems that threaten biodiversity in protected areas. Recently, drones have …

In the face of the growing challenges brought about by human activities, effective planning
and decision-making in biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, restoration, and …

The use of drones to study marine animals shows promise for the examination of numerous
aspects of their ecology, behaviour, health and movement patterns. However, the responses …

Accurate detection of individual animals is integral to the management of vulnerable wildlife
species, but often difficult and costly to achieve for species that occur over wide or …