A new grant with WildCRU, Oxford and Oxford Comp Sci will fund development of software to leverage AI to automatically detect and estimate distance to animals in camera trap images 🦬

This will make population density studies of many more animals viable 👇
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WildCRU was delighted to welcome past lecturer Cedric Tan  back to Tubney yesterday. Cedric shared insights into his inspiring work using #games  to raise awareness about #conservation  issues and nurture the next generation of leaders. University of Nottingham Malaysia

I am proud to announce that I co-edited this lovely book:
'Applied Hedgehog Conservation Research', with an impressive collection of 30 research articles on hedgehogs!
You can download it as a PDF (free), or purchase it as a printed book, here: mdpi.com/books/reprint/…

WildCRU’s Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme is seeking a Programme Assistant to provide pro-active support to its Director at Oxford in a range of administrative and financial matters.
For info see bit.ly/3WsHwMF
Application deadline 29 May

A recent paper led by Żaneta Kaszta, with other WildCRU authors, outlines impacts of planned megaprojects on endangered clouded leopards & their #forest habitat in Borneo & Sumatra. Researchers also propose viable conservation options.
Covered by Mongabay: news.mongabay.com/2024/04/borneo…

🚨 Big news: #ConservationWorks !

While known intuitively, we now have the first evidence - and that scaling conservation interventions would be transformational for halting & reversing biodiversity loss 🌍

A new collaborative study in Science Magazine 👇
bit.ly/3xJ9gSS

A new paper led by Rocio Bardales with WildCRU co-authors explores the effects of human-caused fires on 8 #mammal species in the Brazilian #Pantanal . Giant armadillo habitat use declined the most after severe 2020 fires, while #jaguar occupancy increased. See: bit.ly/3Jy97UY

WIldCRU is inviting applications from exceptional early career #conservationists to join our popular Postgraduate Diploma in International #Wildlife Conservation Practice.
For more info see: tinyurl.com/44pmfus8
Application deadline: 14.06.2024

WildCRU’s work supporting co-existence between people & #wildlife in #Botswana is featured in Jamma International’s latest podcast.
Mubuso Kakambi, Andrew Mukwati & Jess Isden talk about #education , cattle ‘kraals’, large predator research & building trust. See: bit.ly/3Unq6iL

A rare encounter with Borneo’s bay cat in 2003 led WildCRU’s Andy Hearn to focus his work on Asia’s wild cats. He hasn’t seen one since but continues to research this mysterious feline & the landscape’s other carnivores.
For more about this elusive species bit.ly/4b0Zz0r

Researchers assessing medium to large-sized terrestrial #mammals  in #Cameroon ’s Yoko Council Forest have recorded two albino long-nosed #mongooses among data in their camera trap survey – believed to be the first report of albinism in this taxon!
See: bit.ly/3Q2UPzf

WildCRU’s Lion Landscapes programme recently delivered a training workshop for 18 early-career TAWIRI researchers on #camera #trap #surveys to estimate large carnivore population density - covering survey design, data management, species classification, SECR analysis & more!

Stoat-ally awesome! A stoat spotted moving kittens and food from one den to another at WildCRU, Oxford HQ in Tubney! 🐾🐾

WildCRU Director Amy Dickman 🦁 @amydickman.bsky.social is an expert advisor to the The Earthshot Prize and was honoured to be at a Blavatnik School of Government dinner yesterday celebrating the Prize, with inspirational leaders such as Jacinda Ardern.

A new paper led by Timothy Kuiper with WildCRU & Zimparks authors, explores how patterns of human-carnivore conflict vary by carnivore & livestock species - based on data from around Zimbabwe’s Hwange NP. Results have informed local mitigation strategies.
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Are badgers egalitarian or despotic? Is there social hierarchy in badger society and does this influence individuals' reproductive success?
Discover the answers and many more fascinating facts in Chapter 5 of The #Badgers of #Wytham #Woods . Available here: rb.gy/010ssl

New WildCRU Postdoc Ostermann Emu-Felicitas gave a fascinating presentation on her work exploring the potential of #citizen #science  to support human coexistence with wildlife such as #wolves , bison & moose as well assist in species monitoring.
More research planned with WWF Deutschland