Hey Garin, how are you?

you should contact https://wildlifedrones.net/ they have rented the equipment (payload and drones) in the past to track pangolins, bats and many other species. But I've heard the they are closing bussiness since Trump's budget cut in the USA since this country was their first client. But I think that they may help you out getting in touch with you with the researchers.

My tech advices are, what's the species? weight? attachment method? how long do you want to track? you should use the higher LOS of the transmitter, 40 Km LOS (Line of Sight) is the higher and since you are interested in tracking fossorial species, the LOS will be affected by the obstacles (ground density, forest density, topography etc), so the LOS will be like 5% up to 10% in the field, its about 200 mt up to 4 Km

Also try contact 

https://www.apicalis.com/

If you are trying building up your payload and drone here's a link that may help you out

https://uavrt.nau.edu/

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13261

Hi Jérémy,

I'm the developer of the UAV-RT system. We haven't updated our website in a long time and have made some significant progress. I've got a student making updates right now. 

We've recently deployed the system in the UK on pine martens, with painted dogs in Zimbabwe, and tracking kiwi in New Zealand. Our recent deployments are showing detections far beyond ground telemetry.  I'm actively looking for some more fieldwork opportunities for the coming year and have travel money left on my grant. Feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected]. 

Have drone. Will travel. 

-Michael

For reliable bat tracking in France and Western EU, look into SigFox enabled tags. For example these are today's smallest and lightest SigFox tags with Atlas Native support so you'll get a location in addition to basic telemetry: https://asd-tech.com/product/fx05-uwasp/

Hi Simon, this sounds so interesting and is something I've been thinking about for my work in the past.
My team tracks Temminck's pangolins in Malawi using VHF and satellite tags. These animals have been rehabbed and released so we conduct welfare checks on them following release.
Our biggest challenge is that sometimes the satellite tag dies prematurely and then we struggle to pick up VHF signal without knowing an approx sat location. If the terrain is especially hilly then the distance we can pick up VHF signal from is really reduced, especially if the animal is in a burrow. I've previously wondered if a VHF monitoring system is possible with our drone (DJI Mavic 3T).

Your system sounds great and I'm definitely interested in learning more. A 50-100m real-time estimate would work well for us.

Hi Matheus, 

Try Altitude Tracking https://altitudeconservation.com/

There is stuff is way better than Wildlife Drones for tracking multiple VHF transmitters.  Speak with Dr. Chris Muller about their system.

Good luck,

Chris

Vectronic Aerospace

www.vectronic-aerospace.com

Hi Matheus

We have a well-engineered and proven system for aerial VHF tracking of animals. The Multi-Track system can be attached to a drone or piloted aircraft. It can track 500 frequencies simultaneously, and does not require triangulation, or manual drone flying. 

For more info, and to get in touch, please see our website:

https://altitudeconservation.com/ 

AltitudeConservation.com

Good luck with your fieldwork!

Chris

This is a very promising result. The use of drones for detecting invasive species demonstrates strong potential for improving monitoring efficiency and accuracy. In a country like Brazil, where ecosystems are significantly affected by invasive species such as Hovenia dulcis (Japanese raisin tree) and Pinus spp., this technology could become a valuable tool for early detection and management.

That's a great idea @MandyEyrich ! Similar to your idea, I wrote up an article with geospatial highlights from ICTC 2026: https://wildlabs.net/en/article/wildlabs-geospatial-group-ictc-2026. 

Is the Human-Wildlife Coexistence article available yet? Would love to read it and share it with colleagues at Fauna & Flora.

Hi I am also looking for collaborators

if interested in the project let me know

we can add acoustic monotoring for bees

Hi Leonardo,

Let’s chat! I potentially have some opportunities, collaborations or even short-term employment. Send me a message. 

Hey Leonardo

I might have something. Lets chat, reach out to me at [email protected]

Hi @jennamkline , are you in the SCB Drones and Data Working Group? I think it would be great to have that as a topic for discussion during the next meeting! I'd be keen to hear more about this work.

@annavallery this might be of interest to you.