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Real-time tracking of animal movements is enabling more effective and efficient wildlife monitoring for management, security, and research. As devices get smaller and prices drop, the possibilities for using biologging on a larger scale have grown, and so have the possibilities for increasing customisation to meet specific research needs. Likewise, real-time tracking of illegal wildlife trade, timber, and fish products as they move from source to consumer can shed light on trafficking routes and actors, as well as support enforcement, making tracking gear a powerful tool beyond the field.

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Wildlife tracking technologies have already massively advanced our understanding of the natural world, from uncovering previously mysterious migration patterns and key movement corridors to demonstrating the impacts of anthropogenic pressures and climate change. Recent advances in the development of technologies for collecting and transmitting biologging data have unlocked the potential for fine-scale data collection at a near-global scale, which when integrated with remotely sensed environmental data offers an unprecedented biological lens into ecosystem health and environmental change (Jetz et al. 2022).

New technologies on the horizon include small satellites like CubeSats, which are being investigated by NASA, the ICARUS Initiative's satellite system, and a variety of other ventures aiming to improve the coverage, accuracy, and capacity of wildlife tracking data collection. Combined with the increased availability of high-resolution environmental data and analytical developments in movement modeling, these advancements are empowering movement ecologists to ask previously unanswerable or unimaginable questions. It’s clear that this discipline sits at the precipice of major breakthroughs that could revolutionize our understanding of animal movement and the natural world.

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SnapperGPS device giveaway	Hi all,There's a rare opportunity to acquire free (only postage and packaging is payable) GPS biologging hardware to trial the new...		Biologging	1 week 4 days ago
GPS collars for goats	Hello everyone,I work with Sara (who originally posted the question) and she's asked me to pick up the discussion on GPS collars for goats.Firstly, thank you all so much for the...	+21	Biologging	2 weeks 1 day ago
Virtual fencing / Kinetic energy harvesting / Holistic grazing	I see, thanks!One daily fix is quite limiting.Do you have an idea how KEH might affect accelerometry?Cheers,		Biologging, Emerging Tech, Sensors	2 weeks 2 days ago
Get to Know WILDBEAR Awardee Alyssa Bohart	Hi all!Last week we introduced you to our first WILDBEAR Awardee, Alyssa Bohart. We hope you enjoyed learning more about Alyssa's work with...		Biologging, Community Base	2 weeks 5 days ago
New Conservation Tech Directory update	@gracieermi & I are happy to announce the latest update to the Conservation Tech Directory, bringing our total resources in the...		Acoustic Monitoring, AI for Conservation, Biologging, Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools , Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Remote Sensing & GIS, Software and Mobile Apps	1 month 2 weeks ago
Elephant Collar	its nylon rubber material		East Africa Community, Biologging	1 month 3 weeks ago
On the lookout for CAD/Microcontroller work!	Hey all!I'm well into my journey into the field of conservation now, after volunteering and freelancing for a couple of different...		Biologging, Community Base, Open Source Solutions	1 month 4 weeks ago
Virtual Meetup Discussion: Future Questions & Tools in Movement Ecology	A bit opposite of what you're looking for but according to this, the share of non-NFC enabled phones was 10% in 2020. They don't state their source unless you pay, but I suspect...		Biologging, Emerging Tech	2 months ago
RFID Smart traps	Hi Caitlin,you might also look at this RFID logger sold by Labmaker:Greetings from Austria,Robin	+1	Biologging	2 months 1 week ago
Heart rate detected with accelerometers	Hi Max, Well firstly, welcome! This is a great intro - I'm looking forward to having a poke around these links and reading more about your work. Sounds like you might well be...		Biologging	2 months 2 weeks ago
Argos satellite tag open-source grant	We are still running this grant program albeit with subtle changes to improve the hardware/service agreement (in your favor). If you want to build your own tag, have a...		Biologging	2 months 2 weeks ago
Firetail - visualization of tracks and sensor data	Hi Truphena, Firetail is designed with animal telemetry in mind. But, you could import any kind of data that features latitute, longitude and some kind of ID (plus whatever...		Biologging	3 months 3 weeks ago

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