STORY: Wildlife veterinarians and rangers at the Maasai Mara National Reserve are fitting 25 giraffes with GPS tracking units. It's part of an ongoing effort to understand and protect Kenya's ...

Tracking units on the shell of a wood turtle. The tracking information these GPS units collect is used to understand how wood turtles move throughout the year. Image credit: Smithsonian's Movement of ...

A project designed to track thousands of animals from space, which was halted due to the Russia-Ukraine war, has just ...

Most of Idaho’s big game animals have moved out of the high country and onto lower-elevation winter range as part of their semi-annual migration. Deer, elk and other big game animals descend by the ...

Researchers have deployed a new tracker that helps them monitor prairie dogs and track their movements underground. The tracker uses sensors, including accelerometers and magnetometers, and combines ...

In recent years, the return of wolves to Europe has captured the attention of people across the continent. According to the Wildlife Comeback Report 2022, commissioned by Rewilding Europe, grey wolf ...

Researchers have been dreaming of an Internet of Animals. They’re getting closer to monitoring 100,000 creatures—and revealing hidden facets of our shared world. There was something strange about the ...

You’ve microchipped your dog and have a securely fenced yard, but there’s still that tiny, nagging fear… What if they get spooked by a sudden noise and slip out the front door? What if your dog slips ...

Today's ecologists have more data than ever before to help monitor and understand the world's biodiversity. Yet researchers are still working to get more detailed information to better combat ...

“We’re about to have an internet of animals, and that’s super exciting.” So said Martin Wikelski, from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, on BBC Science Focus. Wikelski was ...