AI can spot wounded wild animals and poachers in camera trap footage
AI from Liverpool John Moores University is being used to identify animals, plot their movements and spot wounds in a bid to help conservationists, reports New Scientist.
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Invite - EU Laser Fence Research Project Final Conference
Date: 3-4 March 2020 Location: Byrom Street Campus Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-laser-fence-tickets-86105845903
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The lives of working mules: film screening and Q&A at FACT
A POIGNANT film about the life of working mules in the Himalayas is the backdrop to an event at Liverpool FACT in March.
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LJMU filmmaker to screen international award-winning film
An international award winning film made Dr Michael Brown (Liverpool Screen School) is being screened live online, with a panel discussion about the filmmaking process and the issues raised in the film.
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Largest dinosaurs walked more like hippos than elephants
Analysis of footprints evidences unique Sauropod 'roll'
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Scientists unveil new weapon in war on animal poachers
Wildlife experts have revealed a new artificial intelligence system at Knowsley Safari to help protect endangered species from poachers.
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‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions
MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.
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Drones to the rescue: wildlife park footage will help save endangered animals
Scientists at LJMU are capturing the thermal profiles of animals at a local wildlife park in order to help researchers around the world classify and monitor endangered species in the wild.
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Giant footprints confirmed as Welsh 'diplodocus'
LJMU biologist in unique discovery on UK beach
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Cave bears may have been adapting to survive the ice age
Recent research published in Quaternary Science Reviews on the long extinct cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) has found their attempt to adapt to the growing harshness of the last ice age before their extinction.