Category: wildlife conservation
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AI Rangers: Victorian Wildlife’s New Guardian
When conservation officer Erin Nash returned to the office with 73 field cameras from the Otways earlier this year, she was faced with a monumental task: sorting and analysing a staggering 39,000 images. These cameras had been deployed to monitor the impact of the summer bushfires on native animals in the region, including crucial populations…
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Race Against Time: Saving the Endangered Orinoco Crocodile
By Gaby Oraa and Efrain Otero The 34-year-old Venezuelan biologist Carlos Alvarado has one hand around the juvenile crocodile’s neck and the other gripping its tail. Using tape and calipers, he measures the creature, monitoring its development just a few days prior to releasing it back into nature. The narrative surrounding Alvarado and the Orinoco…