Welcome to the eighth annual #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge! 

July 24th marked the first day of our celebration on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and we've already seen incredible conservation tech photos and videos coming to us from tech users and makers around the world.

We're so excited to see so many newcomers in this year's challenge already. We aim to reach more and more corners of the conservation tech field every year with this event, and welcoming new participants to share their projects and photos with our global community is always a privilege for the WILDLABS team.

Take a look at some of the posts from the first day of our 2023 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge below, and join the challenge by using the hashtag #Tech4Wildlife on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn now through July 28th!

Here, 180 leopard #sharks have been tracked using #computervision from #drone footage captured off #SanDiego (that's a harbor seal that spooks a few of the sharks). Next three tweets show tracking results. @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean #sharkscience #SharkWeek #Tech4Wildlife (1/4) pic.twitter.com/f8voX013NC

— Andrew Nosal (@AndrewNosal) July 24, 2023

#Tech4Wildlife #InstantDetect2 is ready for Beta testing! Our Beta testers will shortly deploy #ID2 in a range of unconnected environments for real conservation uses. We are so excited to see how the systems perform. To make the system as low cost as possible, 1/2 pic.twitter.com/GwC54aPRBp

— SamSeccombe (@SamSeccombe) July 24, 2023

#Tech4Wildlife photo challenge, D1!

Probably one of our best #cameratrap 💚🐜

Giant anteater having a bath 📍Pantanal 🇧🇷@WILDLABSNET

🎥@ReconyxInc pic.twitter.com/hub6TnO18w

— Icas - Wild Animal Conservation Institute (@IcasWild) July 24, 2023

Happy to re-share this video for the #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge! @WILDLABSNET @NOAAFisheriesSE pic.twitter.com/312ZNL2m0o

— Oceans Unmanned (@OceansUnmanned) July 24, 2023

Showing our Tech in Action for Day 1 of @WILDLABSNET's #Tech4Wildlife photo challenge! 🐦🧑‍💻🌎 Get ready for this week-long feature bringing together users and makers of #conservationtech worldwide celebrating innovations and ideas, successes, and the incredible #wildlife and… pic.twitter.com/80PnC2Dyp5

— Rainforest Connection (@RainforestCx) July 25, 2023

#Tech4Wildlife Towards screening MegaDetected camera trap datasets for wildlife behaviours of interest with @DeepLabCut AI Residency 2022 crew using SuperAnimals. Camera trap images collected in Kruger National Park during AFSCTS2023 @WildEcoLabNMU Sex Div https://t.co/J6nPXlCVN2 pic.twitter.com/6gUHJGUvbp

— vscc 🏳️‍🌈 (@vsccvscc) July 24, 2023

This #Tech4Wildlife week, we're celebrating how innovative tech can help tackle conservation issues!



These AudioMoths are helping us estimate population size & breeding success of European Storm Petrels in Mousa, Shetland #Ornithology @MiguelHGon @LucyWilliamsn @bennett_sophie pic.twitter.com/xo5JfqtZZZ

— RSPB Science (@RSPBScience) July 24, 2023

CREA's Margay Project is joining #Tech4Wildlife photo challenge. We're using a fusion of tech from industries outside conservation to improve on traditional observation methods to learn more about margay and other elusive rainforest canopy critters. @WILDLABSNET pic.twitter.com/r7beToO4aP

— Cocobolo Nature (@CocoboloNature) July 24, 2023

We are using #GoPro cameras and #AI to estimate tropical fish populations at Las Estacas Spring in Central Mexico, as part of a #ReWilding project #Tech4Wildlife Usamos cámaras GoPro y una herramienta de inteligencia artificial para estimar poblaciones de peces en Las Estacas pic.twitter.com/KVkwHDJCac

— Topiltzin Contreras (@TopiltzinCM) July 24, 2023

Annotating data is a crucial first step in training deep learning models. On our platform, #citizenscientists can annotate their own or their community's behavioral and acoustic data. These annotations can be used to train models, both individual and communal.#Tech4Wildlife pic.twitter.com/TyVBP23sEY

— Cetalingua Project (@Cetalingua) July 24, 2023

++ As an incredibly efficient and convenient tool, at least 24 participants from various government agencies will then adopt and monitor their respective areas for activities in EBMS using EarthRanger as #Tech4Wildlife. pic.twitter.com/mrWClHd6Mq

— CCIPH (@conservationph) July 24, 2023

Learn more about this year's #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge on WILDLABS, and let us know: how are YOU using #Tech4Wildlife?