It’s worth considerig thermal cameras. They will see more, particularly small mammals at night. Here’s a Comparison of thermal and trail cameras. 
 

I really recommend GardePro. They are not too expensive and very resilient in the field.

I am glad to see more programmers coming into the conservation field.  The first big project I did that really got me involved with conservation work, was taking the path finding algorithms I used from learning game programming, and using them to detect and measure the distance of routes that turtles traveled up and down streams in a river drainage.  

Wolves, cool!

Will this then need collared wolves ?

Hi Kristof!

It's been quite some time since you made this post, and I hope you're doing well.

I'm an environmental scientist currently working on a project to teach children living near a national park the basics of game development through conservation science focused on the biodiversity of the atlantic forest. I came across your post and thought it would be wonderful to chat with you, if you're still available and interested.

Let me know—I’d love to hear from you!

Hello everyone,

My name is Manijhé, and I’m currently developing an independent field-based project called Kyosei Earth. The design is in response to the need for a global conservation community platform first to residencies/labs.

Starting with a very basic ecology studio via www.manijhe.art

I’m working from a low-infrastructure environment, where access to tools, electricity, and stable internet is limited. Rather than treating this as a barrier, I’ve been exploring how ecological practice can begin under these conditions — using observation, local knowledge, and small-scale systems.

My work sits at the intersection of:
• conservation ecology  
• ethnobotany and field observation  
• community-based systems  
• and what I am exploring as sumbiocracy — a form of commons governance grounded in ecological relationships  

I’ve recently started documenting this through the Kyosei Earth Journal, beginning with a first issue that focuses on perception, household ecology, and early-stage system design.

Alongside this, I’m also developing small-scale lab and living space designs that explore how forest communities might integrate:
– food systems  
– low-waste material cycles  
– and shared ecological responsibility  

I’m particularly interested in learning from this community, especially around:
• conservation in low-resource environments  
• tools that function with minimal infrastructure  
• community-led ecological monitoring  
• and long-term forest stewardship models  

I’m here to listen, learn, and contribute where I can.

While I am developing concepts around designing for conservation, here is an example design I would like to share for what I think my current research region (Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan) could truly benefit from at phase two. At phase one, I am building a community around my ecology studio to develop a global conservation platform first. Happy to discuss more ideas with potential collaborators who feel aligned with this way of thinking.

Thank you — I’m looking forward to the conversations here.

Hi everyone, I’m Collin. I’m a software engineer in the Atlanta area, and over the past year I’ve been building ecokeeper, a native habitat and garden-planning app focused on helping people understand their garden conditions and make more thoughtful planting decisions.

Most of my experience is in full-stack and mobile development, but my personal interests have been pulling me more and more toward native plants, ecological restoration, biodiversity, geospatial tools, and conservation technology. I’m here because I’d like to learn from people already working in this space and better understand where my technical background could be useful.

For this group, I’m hoping to connect with others who are early in the field, changing directions, or figuring out how to bring software, ecology, and real-world conservation work closer together.

Hello,

I am Athira, and I am currently finishing up my PhD work on Human-Wild boar conflict in India. I have my Bachelors and Masters in Zoology.

I am excited to learn more about the broad areas of wildlife management practices to improve coexistence, developing scientific study-backed wildlife governance policies, stakeholder management for coexistence and conservation.

Now what brought me here was, I was searching for career options for after my PhD and stumbled upon the Wildlabs. I am finding the discussions and the feed here encouraging for anyone interested in the environment/wildlife conservation field. Such a forum for the intersection of technology and nature component is so cool and solution oriented. I hope to learn more about different innovative technologies and also not to miss out on the latest events, job opportunities and discussions on cutting edge research. 

Hi Daniel

It depends on what you want to be
If you really want to bring something new then I guess do a PhD

I have a weird background, applied mathematician, PhD in econ and now working on this
I am guessing that the transition is doable as the math is the same that's how I kept doing very different subjects

I am currently working in an french engineering school on international shipping and would love to translate AI for conservation of ocean and I have several ideas

So I would be happy to discuss them and if interested let me know?

Really excited about thie event. Please check your DM