Tracking units on the shell of a wood turtle. The tracking information these GPS units collect is used to understand how wood turtles move throughout the year. Image credit: Smithsonian's Movement of ...

Modern smart collars have evolved from simple GPS trackers to sophisticated biometric instruments capable of early disease ...

Researchers have deployed a new tracker that helps them monitor prairie dogs and track their movements underground. The tracker uses sensors, including accelerometers and magnetometers, and combines ...

Monitoring species can be a tricky process, especially when focusing on elusive animals or dealing with remote regions. Researchers at the University of Florida have begun using a new high-tech method ...

Researchers have been dreaming of an Internet of Animals. They’re getting closer to monitoring 100,000 creatures—and revealing hidden facets of our shared world. There was something strange about the ...

In the southwestern United States in the early weeks of 2024, a large-animal veterinarian pulled up to a dairy farm on his usual rounds and was greeted by an odd absence. The barn cats who normally ...

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Animals have long been able to offer unique insights about the ...

Animal migration : a context for using new techniques and approaches / Keith A. Hobson and D. Ryan Norris -- An introduction to light stable isotopes for use in terrestrial animal migration studies / ...

“We’re about to have an internet of animals, and that’s super exciting.” So said Martin Wikelski, from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, on BBC Science Focus. Wikelski was ...