Honored that my paper has been recognized with the Robert May prize! Thank you so much for my collaborators and colleagues who made this project possible.

Heading to ICTC in Lima, Peru? Join us Mon, Feb 16 for the Edge Conservation Workshop, a pre-conference deep dive into edge AI & autonomous sensing for conservation science. @wildlabs.bsky.social

Register here: jennamk14.github.io/edgeAI-ICTC-...

#EdgeAI #ICTC2025 #ConservationTechnology

SA-FARI: Open Video Dataset Wildlife video dataset with segmentation, bounding boxes, and annotations. Made using Meta's SAM3. 10,000+ meticulously annotated videos. 99 species.

Check out the SA-FARI project page here: www.conservationxlabs.com/sa-fari

Sharing a few photos from last week’s SA-FARI kickoff hosted by @conservationxlabs.bsky.social and Meta.
Really enjoyed connecting with people working at the intersection of conservation and technology!
#AI4Good #ConservationTech

If you’re interested in AI that drives real insight in biology, ecology, and beyond, check out Sam’s work 👇
Website: samuelstevens.me

@imageomics.bsky.social @abcglobalcenter.bsky.social

SAIL Booth with Sam Stevens YouTube video by SAIL Team

Loved seeing our OSU collaborator Sam Stevens featured at the #NeurIPS SAIL Media Booth w/ @natolambert.bsky.social! Great convo on how AI accelerates scientific discovery (not just bigger models 🙃).

Clips ⬇️
youtube.com/shorts/v0k5D...

youtube.com/shorts/4R-BF...

#AI4Science #NeurIPS2025

Autonomous, behavior-adaptive flight is one tool we can use to ensure researchers do not disturb the ecosystems we study and protect. I would love to hear how you think about responsible conservation tech use - what has worked well? Can we do better? Drop your thoughts below!
#conservationtech

Edge-Native, Behavior-Adaptive Drone System for Wildlife Monitoring Wildlife monitoring with drones must balance competing demands: approaching close enough to capture behaviorally-relevant video while avoiding stress responses that compromise animal welfare and data ...

Read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.02285

@imageomics.bsky.social @abcglobalcenter.bsky.social @wildlabs.bsky.social

#drone #conservation #AI4nature

New paper!
We built an edge-native, behavior-adaptive drone system to detect group-level vigilance in real time to avoid stressing wildlife while improving data.

Started with 3 weeks of manual piloting in Kenya (KABR) → WildWing → now real-time behavior monitoring.
Presenting today at #SEC25!

🚁🦓 Heading to DC for #SEC25!
Sharing new work on behavior-adaptive wildlife drones, building on KABR + WildWing + fieldwork in Kenya & Ohio
Big question we’re tackling: how do we know when drones affect animal behavior?
More soon 👀

How do we do more with biodiversity data we've already collected?

I gave a TED Talk on scientific discovery in ecological databases at a joint TED Countdown and Bezos Earth Fund event for #NYClimateWeek this year, and it's now live!

@inaturalist.bsky.social #AIforConservation

SmartWilds is just the start! Future releases will add GPS tracks, citizen-science data, and multi-season coverage. Big thanks to our amazing team + funders: the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium & The Wilds, NSF ICICLE AI Institute, Imageomics Institute, and the AI & Biodiversity Change Global Center

SmartWilds: Multimodal Wildlife Monitoring Dataset We present the first release of SmartWilds, a multimodal wildlife monitoring dataset. SmartWilds is a synchronized collection of drone imagery, camera trap photographs and videos, and bioacoustic reco...

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.18894

SmartWilds - a imageomics Collection Multi-modal ecological dataset collected at The Wilds during Summer 2025. Data sources include camera traps, bioacoustics, drones, and GPS tags.

Dataset: huggingface.co/collections/...

Our pilot covered 4 days across a 220-acre pasture, monitoring Pere David’s deer, Sichuan takin, Przewalski’s horses, and local Ohio wildlife. Each modality captures different ecological signals: land use, species detection, behavior, habitat change.

Team selfie

SmartWilds is out in the wild at the Imageomics Workshop at NeurIPS! 🐾📡

So excited to share our first multimodal dataset with The Wilds in Ohio, including drone imagery, camera traps, and bioacoustics all synced in time + space for AI + ecology research.

If you’re at NeurIPS, come say hi!

Many thanks to our coauthors & collaborators!
#EdgeAI #ConservationTech #Drones #AnimalBehavior

TL;DR: Analyze in place, record what matters, fly smarter.
Key takeaways:
• Plan for the model (altitude/speed/oblique).
• Do inference at the edge to triage events.
• Use video-native models for behavior (not just detection).
• Semi-autonomous flights standardize data & reduce disturbance.

Studying collective animal behaviour with drones and computer vision YouTube video by Jenna Kline

New paper: Drones & Computer Vision for Collective Animal Behavior 🐾

We show how edge AI + smart mission design turn drone footage into real-time behavior insights—with less disturbance.

🎥 Video Abstract: youtu.be/0DErP4Z5C7Q
📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1111/2041...

🆕Announcing a new WILDLABS group: Edge Computing!

Connect with others working at the intersection of #edgeAI and #edgecomputing to share approaches, tools, models, and solutions focused on real-time, on-device data processing in remote environments.

Join today: wildlabs.net/groups/edge-...

Check out our recent publication in the Bulletin

Edge Computing | WILDLABS This group unites those working at the intersection of edge AI and conservation, focusing on real-time, on-device data processing for environmental monitoring to facilitate sharing tools, models, and ...

If you’re experimenting with or curious about edge computing in wildlife conservation, this is the place to connect, collaborate, and learn.

Join us! 👉 wildlabs.net/groups/edge-...

New Group Announcement: Edge Computing | WILDLABS We are thrilled to start a brand new group: Edge Computing! Meet Jenna Kline and Youssef Bayouli, the two Group Leaders for the 2025-2026 term.

The new Edge Computing group on @wildlabs.bsky.social is now live!

Edge AI isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the future of conservation in the field 🌎

wildlabs.net/article/new-...

🎸 Calling all AI/ecology/data heads! Join us at FuncaPalooza 2025 (Aug 18–21 @ Ohio State) for a hands-on workshop exploring how we extract functional traits from images with tools like BioCLIP 2 & Prompt-CAM.
Apply by June 23!
🔗 imageomics.osu.edu/news/2025/06...
#CV4Nature #ecology #AI

Exploring the Wild Edge: A Proposal for a New WILDLABS Group | WILDLABS Over the past year, I’ve found myself returning again and again to one big question: How can we make conservation tech work where the wild really begins , where the signal drops, the power is limited,...

🌿 Work on Edge AI for conservation? From camera traps to bioacoustics to drones, we’re proposing a new WILDLABS group to connect the community. Share your expertise + join the discussion here: wildlabs.net/discussion/e...
@wildlabs.bsky.social #AI4Nature #EdgeAI #ConservationTech

Want to expand your network, give back to #conservationtech, and make an impact in your field during a 12-month term?

Apply to become a WILDLABS Group Leader by June 20! Learn more about the programme here: wildlabs.net/article/appl...

This dataset advances autonomous drone technology, enabling real-time wildlife tracking in varying habitats. Let's drive conservation with AI-powered insights.

Project page 👉 imageomics.github.io/mmla/
Paper 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2504.07744

MMLA captures the same species across diverse environments (Kenya & Ohio) to train drones for generalizable, autonomous animal ecology studies. 🦒🐾
Check out our poster and connect with me at #CV4Animals!

Excited to present MMLA: Multi-Environment, Multi-Species, Low-Altitude Drone Dataset at the #CV4Animals workshop at #CVPR2025! 🦓🌍
Looking forward to connecting with the #robotics and #AI4Nature community @cvprconference.bsky.social

Global Drones In Nature Conservation

New from NatureDrones: an interactive map tracking drone-based conservation activities globally. It's an invaluable resource to see who's doing what in the field!

Submit your project here: dronesinnatureconservation.org

#DronesInConservation #WildlifeTech #ConservationTech