Firetail

....aaaaand, it's there! firetail.de

Many of our users are active on bsky, so we will now also provide updates on Firetail via bsky/firetail-thp. For direct and open discussions with our team, @WILDLABSNET continues to provide a reliable and well-thought collection of services as well!

Healthy estuaries support coastal communities & are feeding grounds for birds, fish, & other wildlife. The Resilient Coasts & Estuaries Act will fund essential programs that protect coastal habitats from threats like sea-level rise, flooding, & erosion. bit.ly/4j3aaMx

🪶 Waders on the move! July marks the start of autumn migration, with the first signs seen in shorebirds returning south. While over 30 species pass through Malta, only two—Little Ringed Plover & Black-winged Stilt—nest here and only in protected BirdLife Malta reserves. Sadly,…

Join us on June 25 at 4pm BST / 12pm EDT for Variety Hour! Hear about projects in #conservationtech, like: 🐘elephant acoustics 🩻x-ray imaging 💼open source opportunities 👩‍⚖️promoting governance transparency Register here: wildlabs.net/event/variety-…

A rock hyrax caught mid-sand bath on our solar-powered #WEAPON4K trail cam set by Ross de Bruin. Sand-bathing is essential for parasite control, but curiosity is a hallmark of hyrax behaviour. While our cams blend into the wild, curious visitors still like to stop by to inspect📸

We are on the road again! We will be at JMIH 2025 July 9-13 in Minnesota. Stop by our booth and meet Devon who will be ready to chat and answer all your questions. You can see all our cool fishy, lizardy, and amphibany tags. bit.ly/4eicLkn #JMIH25 #AES25

Anticipated Job Opening - Biodiversity Lab Manager @NaturalSciences Come join our group using technology to monitor biodiversity #AI #Cameratrap #Animaltracking #GPS docs.google.com/document/d/1UV…

It's finally here!! A clean method for extracting covariates for animal movement analysis with Google Earth Engine and R...bam! New manuscript + tutorial from @SmithsonianMoL scientist @RamiroCrego2 et al. Paper:bit.ly/3joA1BV Tutorial: bit.ly/3B1vnQf

Happy to share our new paper that uses a super-fine-scale (10m) grid of cameras to quantify animal movement and relate that to how camera traps detect wildlife. #Thread @DavidJachowski …ementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1…

How do bears, bobcats, and coyotes interact with cougars and their kills? Really excited for new paper from Joel Ruprecht. 51 GPS collared animals from 4 species, 972 DNA metabarcoded scats, 128 cougar kill investigations, and videos from carcasses Cougar chasing coyote at kill

Each migration season, tens of millions of birds fly over the Mid-Atlantic. Tragically, many are killed when they become disoriented by artificial lights at night or collide with glass surfaces they can't see. Learn how you can help from @AudubonMidAtl: bit.ly/3EJNYID

At this rate, we'll probably need 200+ blog articles before we have something like Movebank! 😄🤝

Firetail - Tutorial Series 25.1 - Synchronizing Video Resources with Acc... youtu.be/jsHEBnBMV9Y?si… via @YouTube

Concentrations of toxic methylmercury in wild freshwater fish—essential to many Asian diets—may increase under a high-emissions global warming scenario. Coordinating climate action with mercury emission reduction could mitigate the risk. In PNAS: ow.ly/8oyl50VqWwa

Want to do one thing to help birds today? Join our action network and be in the know on the most pressing issues for birds and how you can use your voice to help: bit.ly/4iK7yDa

🚀 Exciting news for early-career researchers! The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. Applications are open now! postdocprogram.mpg.de #ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram

📝New paper presenting an overview of wildlife-vehicle collision liability in Europe!🦌💥🚗 In 19 countries, no one is liable in a wildlife-vehicle collision. Underreporting reduces potential to identify hotspots & define appropriate mitigation measures. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenv…

The 2025 U.S. #StateOfTheBirds report was released today. The report finds that birds continue to decline unabated across most habitats—habitats that are also vital to human well-being. Read the report & take action! stateofthebirds.org/2025/ #bringbirdsback

Southward #Migration: how #climatechange alterd the #preydinamycs of spotted #seal in Western Pacific Ocean doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13…