Stephen Leard

Feed
Discussions
Members
Groups
Resources
Events
About
Join
Post

Primary tabs

View(active tab)
Activity

Feed
Discussions
Members
Groups
Resources
Events
About
Join
Post

Primary tabs

View(active tab)
Activity

@stephen

member

Stephen Leard

Saint Louis Zoo

Activity
Comments
Content
Collections
Groups

Location

United States

Groups joined

Groups

Group

Remote Sensing & GIS

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
Fauna & Flora: Bridging geospatial data and people together for enhanced conservation management

Every day, mapping and spatial analysis are aiding conservation decisions, protected areas designation, habitat management on reserves and monitoring of wildlife populations, to name but a few examples. If you are excited by the ways in which GIS is used in conservation, this is the group for you!

Latest Resource
/
InConversation: Starting a Conservation Technology Career with Vainess Laizer

Watch our interview with pioneering young Tanzanian vulture researcher Vainess Laizer! Her research investigating the breeding success of white-backed vultures in the western corridor of the Serengeti ecosystem using camera technology is an excellent inspiration for how to get started in a career in conservation tech.

Group

Human-Wildlife Conflict

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
WILDLABS AWARDS 2024 - Fostering bat conservation and citizen science in Zimbabwe: Establishing bat groups and training individuals to use bat detectors

Human-wildlife conflict is a significant challenge that only grows as habitats shrink and other issues like climate change alter the natural world. Technologies like biologging gear have become essential for proactively addressing human-wildlife conflict before it escalates, and tech projects that seek to understand population ranges and behaviour can help people learn to live with wildlife as part of our own environments. If you're interested in using technology to prevent human-wildlife conflict, this group is the place for you!

Latest Resource
/
HWC Tech Challenge update 2020

An update on @Alasdair and @adanger24's HWC project

Group

Community Base

Group Stats

441
1162
212

Latest Discussion
Introduction and Networking

The WILDLABS Community Base is the ideal place to get oriented with the all that our community platform offers, hear about news and opportunitys, and to meet new friends and collaborators.

Latest Resource
/
Become a WILDLABS group manager!

Are you interested in getting more involved in the WILDLABS community? Do you want an opportunity to build your network and get more connected to other conservation tech folks in your field? Apply to be a group manager!

Group

Software and Mobile Apps

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
Newt belly pattern for picture-matching

The software and apps used and built by the conservation tech community are as varied as the species and habitats we work to protect. From fighting wildlife crime to collecting and analyzing data to engaging the general public with unique storytelling, apps, software, and mobile games are playing an increasingly large role in our work. Whether you're already well-versed in the world of software, or you're a hardware expert looking for guidance from the other side of the conservation tech field, this group will have interesting discussions, resources, and ideas to offer.

Latest Resource
/
Underwater advertisement call of the threatened Telmatobius rubigo (Anura: Telmatobiidae

In a recent publication we tested Underwater Passive Acoustic Monitoring (UPAM) as a feasible non-invasive technique to study the calling behavior of therathened aquatic Andean frogs under natural conditions in the extreme environments of PUNA in the central Andes of Argentina

Group

Camera Traps

Group Stats

615
1372
209

Latest Discussion
Newt belly pattern for picture-matching

Looking for a place to discuss camera trap troubleshooting, compare models, collaborate with members working with other technologies like machine learning and bioacoustics, or share and exchange data from your camera trap research? Get involved in our Camera Traps group! All are welcome whether you are new to camera trapping, have expertise from the field to share, or are curious about how your skill sets can help those working with camera traps.

Latest Resource
/
The Variety Hour: 2024 Lineup

You’re invited to the WILDLABS Variety Hour, a monthly event that connects you to conservation tech's most exciting projects, research, and ideas. We can't wait to bring you a whole new season of speakers and discussions!

Group

Conservation Dogs

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
Master Project Collaboration/Ideas!

Conservation dogs are making a difference in conservation through their noninvasive ability to detect elusive species in the wild, flag illegal wildlife trade products, and help poachers fight wildlife crime. Whether you work with conservation dogs, you're interested in incorporating them into your work, or you just want to learn about how dogs can support and enhance conservation technology's effectiveness, you're in the right place!

Latest Resource
/
Scent Detectives: Extraordinary Partners in the Quest to Find Saola in the Wild of Laos

This article discusses a project utilizing canines to detect the scat of a critically endangered mammal, the Saola.

Group

AI for Conservation

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
Faces, Flukes, Fins and Flanks: How multispecies re-ID models are transforming Wild Me's work

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in the field to analyse information collected by wildlife conservationists, from camera trap and satellite images to audio recordings. AI can learn how to identify which photos out of thousands contain rare species; or pinpoint an animal call out of hours of field recordings - hugely reducing the manual labour required to collect vital conservation data.

Latest Resource
/
Join the Seeed Vision Challenge and Explore Conservation Tech!

Join the Seeed Vision Challenge, an opportunity for conservation innovators to harness the power of AI vision sensors for environmental monitoring and protection.

Group

Acoustics

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
WILDLABS AWARDS 2024 - BumbleBuzz: automatic recognition of bumblebee species and behaviour from their buzzing sounds

Acoustic monitoring is one of our biggest and most active groups, with members collecting, analysing, and interpreting acoustic data from across species, ecosystems, and applications, from animal vocalizations to sounds from our natural and built environment

Latest Resource
/
Underwater advertisement call of the threatened Telmatobius rubigo (Anura: Telmatobiidae

Group

Emerging Tech

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
WILDLABS AWARDS 2024 – MothBox

Technology is changing and evolving faster than ever, and as it does, our community members are looking for the next big thing to revolutionize their conservation tech work. To chat about your favorite new tools that are just emerging in the field and discover innovations you haven't yet heard of, join this group!

Latest Resource
/
Underwater advertisement call of the threatened Telmatobius rubigo (Anura: Telmatobiidae

Group

Citizen Science

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
WILDLABS AWARDS 2024 - Fostering bat conservation and citizen science in Zimbabwe: Establishing bat groups and training individuals to use bat detectors

Anyone can become a citizen scientist - even experts! If you're excited about exploring new areas of conservation tech, contributing to projects, or developing and launching your own citizen science projects or apps, this is the group for you.

Latest Resource
/
My Experience and Takeaways at the 1st WildlifeScientific Conference

Pomp!! Color! glamour and jubilation filled the first ever wildlife scientific conference dubbed “Use of Wildlife Science for enhanced Biodiversity Conservation and improved Livelihoods” that took place at the Lake Naivasha Resort, in Naivasha - Kenya, from its very first day of 26th to its close on 28th September, 2023. The conference brought together all kinds of people and sundry, brains with diverse thinking, innovative ideas and resolutions to the innumerable challenges facing wildlife species and their habitats coupled with the ever arching conflicting interactions between humans and wildlife.

Group

Sensors

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
TagRanger: Redefining animal tracking iwth ad-hoc wireless networks and software-defined technology

Want to talk about sensors that don't quite fit into any of our tech-specific groups? This is the place to post! From temperature and humidity to airflow and pressure sensors, there are many environmental sensing tools that can add valuable data to core conservation monitoring technologies. With the increasing availability of low-cost, open-source options, we've seen growing interest in integrating these kinds of low bandwidth sensors into existing tools. What kinds of sensors are you working with?

Latest Resource
/
Underwater advertisement call of the threatened Telmatobius rubigo (Anura: Telmatobiidae

Group

eDNA & Genomics

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
How does behavior influence the use of technology for animal detection ?

eDNA is a molecular conservation tech tool that can be used to detect species presence in samples taken directly from the environment. To date, eDNA has been used for species detection, biomass estimation, diet analysis, reconstruction of past flora and fauna, and wildlife disease detection. Still a relatively new area of conservation tech, eDNA is in a phase of rapid innovation and growth, with improved ease of use and more accessibility allowing this technology to find new uses in the field and lab.

Latest Resource
/
New DNA tests achieve first convictions for raptor thefts

A set of highly discriminating STR DNA markers developed in a collaboration between the SASA wildlife forensics lab and University of Leicester researchers is being used to detect laundering of wild peregrine falcons into the captive-bred market for onward sale as racing birds in the Middle East.

Group

Drones

Group Stats

Latest Discussion
Wildlife Drones will be hosting in-person demos in the U.S.

Used to pick up signals from tracking gear on the ground, collect images of wildlife and habitats from the air, gather acoustic data with specialized hydrophones, or even collect snot samples from whales' blowholes, drones are capable of collecting high-resolution data quickly, noninvasively, and at relatively low cost.

Latest Resource
/
Here's what you missed at World Wildlife Day 2024

Catch up on the conservation tech discussions and events that happened during World Wildlife Day 2024!

Collections

Keep track of the resources that matter to you! Collections let you save, organise, and share content from all over the WILDLABS community. Create your first collection by clicking on the bookmark icon wherever you see it.

Settings

Stephen Leard's Content

Fellowship Reviews

Active Applications

All Assigned Applications

Stephen Leard's Comments

Be part of the conversation! Once you've joined a discussion in the community, your comments will show up here.

Fellowship Applications

As a fellowship administrator, you can manage applications.

Application Status

Opportunity

Match by country

Match by Technology

Match by Ecosystem

Explore

The State of Conservation Technology
Virtual Meetups
Tech Tutors
The Variety Hour
Technical Difficulties
Office Hours
Women in Conservation Technology
Fellowships & Awards

Groups

Browse All Groups
Camera Traps
Acoustic Monitoring
Biologging
AI for Conservation
Remote Sensing and GIS
East Africa Community

Community

Welcome to WILDLABS
Global Feed
Conversations
Member Directory
Event Calendar
News, Articles & Opportunities

About

About
Terms of Use
Privacy and Cookies
Community Guidelines
Choosing the right type of post
Support Our Work
Contact Us

Donate

The WILDLABS community has the skills to change the conservation world for the better. WILDLABS has the programmes and resources to connect community members to the tool and networks they need to make an impact. You can provide the support to let WILDLABS grow. By choosing to support WILDLABS, whether through sponsoring a programme or joining our donor circle with a general donation, you’re supporting our community’s ability to create and use innovations that will shape tomorrow’s conservation solutions.

Donate now