Learn how smart collars and sensors track vitals to ensure a longer, healthier life, and discover how they provide real-time ...

Today's ecologists have more data than ever before to help monitor and understand the world's biodiversity. Yet researchers are still working to get more detailed information to better combat ...

Migrating animals have for a long time been tracked by recapturing tagged individuals. More recently, radio-telemetry, which requires an observer to physically follow the tagged animal, has been used.

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 ...

Why it matters: Usually, tracking wildlife involves using GPS trackers, which are expensive and power-hungry. However, researchers have begun utilizing tiny AirTag-compatible trackers that broadcast ...