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How We Save Species

We develop solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges through the application of ecological tools, innovative technologies, and strategic collaborations.

Population monitoring, estimation and modeling
Reintroduction and rewilding
Human-wildlife coexistence
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Camera trapping and bioacoustic monitoring
Behavioral and sensory ecology
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Landscape ecology
GPS tracking and movement ecology
Community-based conservation

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Saga of the Saiga

Saiga antelope are a unique species, with the body of an antelope and the broad, trunk-like nose of a tapir. San Diego Zoo Global (SDZG) has a long legacy of supporting saiga conservation....

Paying it forward

There are some aspects of running the Andean bear conservation research program that I’d rather not share with anyone I like. Sitting by the side of the road for 24 hours waiting for the...

Bush dogs in the mountains?

Conservation science uses the tools and methods of science in pursuit of conservation. In pursuit of conservation goals, many conservation scientists find their work also requires patience,...

Orcas in the Fjord: A Transformation Is Underway in the Arctic Sea Ice

In February, a team of biologists from San Diego Zoo Global and Polar Bears International, in collaboration with the Norwegian Polar Institute, visited Svalbard, an island archipelago in the...

Candid cats

Although I’m still learning new things about deploying camera traps in tropical forests even after years of doing so, and although sometimes the animals take too much interest in the cameras...

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