As Spring stirs hibernating wildlife into action, a host of exciting developments in animal monitoring are springing up at Wild Me. Read on to find out:
- what's in the recent release of Scout 2.0 for aerial surveys
- added species support and AI models in Wildbook and Codex
- newly published studies that used Wild Me software
- how you can be a part of the future of AI for conservation
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New Species Support and AI in Wildbook and Codex
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Wild Me recently advanced its AI models to support the conservation of these additional species:
- Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) have new machine learning (ML) detector support in Sharkbook. Ongoing experiments will look for the best features for individual ID.
- Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) support received an upgrade with the new PIE v2 individual ID model in Flukebook, which considers the whole dorsal fin for ID rather than just the trailing edge.
- Southern tiger cats (Leopardus guttulus) are now identifiable in Whiskerbook.
- Spotted seals (Phoca largha), Leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx), Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii), and Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) are now supported for study in Seal Codex.
To see the full range of species we currently support, head over to our Wildbooks and Codex Platforms page. (Hint: we have even more species lined up for the May newsletter!)
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New Studies from Our Community Supported by Wildbook and Codex
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We recently welcomed an exciting array of new wildlife studies being carried out by the research community supported by Wild Me technology. Our team is always happy to help more scientists benefit from using AI and collaboration to combat species extinction.
Some of our recent favorite publications include:
- Marshall, A.D., Flam, A.L., Cullain, N., Carpenter, M., Conradie, J., Venables, S.K. (2022). Southward range extension and transboundary movements of reef manta rays Mobula alfredi along the east African coastline. Journal of Fish Biology.
- Bohnett, E., Faryabi, S.P., Lewison, R., An, L., Bian, X., Rajabi, A. M., Jahed, N., Rooyesh, H., Mills, E., Ramos, S., Mesnildrey, N., Perez, C.M.S., Taylor, J., Terentyev, V. & Ostrowski, S. (2022). Human expertise combined with artificial intelligence improves performance of snow leopard camera trap studies. Global Ecology and Conservation. Volume 41, 2023, e02350. ISSN 2351-9894.
- Harty, K., Guerrero, M., Knochel, A.M., Steven,s G.M.W., Marshall, A., Burgess, K., & Stewart, J.D. (2022). Demographics and dynamics of the world’s largest known population of oceanic manta rays Mobula birostris in coastal Ecuador. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 700:145-159. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14189
Visit our Publications page to see the research we have supported.
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An improved and upgraded Scout 2.0 (AI for aerial surveys) is winging its way to you with upgraded Scoutbot machine learning for greater accuracy in animal detection. An enhanced interface makes creating tasks and annotating images easier, and newly added functions - including new search filters, hot keys shortcuts, and much more - are ready to help you process aerial photography images faster.
Visit our Scout documentation for more information and updates.
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The Wild Me user community now exceeds 1400 researchers and conservationists! We need your support more than ever as we work day and night to serve their frontline efforts to fight extinction for marine and terrestrial species across the globe. With your financial support, Wild Me can continue to enable high-speed, accurate conservation research to save our most endangered species. Your help will enable us to provide conservationists with free software, continuous community support, and groundbreaking developments in AI and animal individual identification. Together we can make an impact on the future of our animal populations. Please donate today.
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Wild Me builds open software and artificial intelligence for the conservation research community. We are machine learning experts and software professionals supporting you in the fight against extinction.
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