A nonprofit project from O’Reilly Media, publisher of the iconic Animal books, that engages the tech community to use their skills to help endangered species.
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Yes, the O'Reilly "Animal Lady" is retiring, but the O'Reilly animals are not. I hope that tech folks will continue to work on helping preserve endangered species around the world. Here's the beautiful print the O'Reilly designers gave me this week. #oreillymedia
Cool. Experts use tourist-sourced data to grok whale sharks—biggest fish in the sea (and the animal on “Web Security, Privacy & Commerce”). nytimes.com/2017/11/29/scien…
Great article by Rebecca Kondos on how humans get inspiration from nature to solve design problems. #biomimicry oreil.ly/2sipeAE
Tracking endangered sea turtles with open source technologies cuts expenses & collects critical data, win-win. #ZSL oreil.ly/1RNYtnY
Gorgeous photographs of African carnivores -- @willbl on assignment for the WWF. (+ video showing how he did it.) oreil.ly/1SjGyeC
Play Minecraft on the African Savannah with We Are the Rangers and protect lions, elephants, rhinos from poachers. oreil.ly/1TgZTKg
44 brainy & practical solutions to stop illegal wildlife trafficking compete for $500k prize to make it happen. oreil.ly/1kQEeOh
Everyone’s heard the story of how Cecil the lion died. Technology enables us to understand how he lived. #cecil oreil.ly/1hgmh9M
Which way is up? C.elegans' tiny sensors detect Earth's magnetic field, anywhere. Intriguing. oreil.ly/1KELV4m
Angry birds spot bad eggs. 3D printing & pattern recognition algorithms show how birds know which eggs are theirs. oreil.ly/1FOpsym
Islamic State threatens rare northern bald ibis after guards flee endangered-species colony. Only 7 birds left. bit.ly/1FAcYcf
They're back. Maybe. Rare Sierra Nevada red fox(es) seen on remote cameras in Yosemite. How many are there? oreil.ly/1A5Q4Kf
13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015 | GlobalPost globalpost.com/dispatch/news… via @GlobalPost
Warblers get out of Dodge before big storms arrive -- how do they know, days ahead of time? It's not "they just do." oreil.ly/1wXS97A
Otters! ZSL and Google test TV whitespace @ZSL London Zoo for wifi to monitor endangered species in remote areas. oreil.ly/1xLoigP
Whale-watchers take note: free iPhone app uses crowdsourced reports to help ships avoid endangered Pacific whales. oreil.ly/1B3LdE3
The University of Oxford asks “citizen scientists” to spot penguins in photographs. penguinwatch.org/
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Wow! Article, not just headline! RT @gnat: This may be, quite simply, the best headline for a science article. Ever. bit.ly/YtuiPG
Learn more about our mascot, the Tarsier from @Arkive arkive.org/philippine-tarsie… ow.ly/i/6GRhY (Anyone have a towel?)