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Can AI Help Us Understand Animals Better?

January 10, 2025

Researchers are increasingly relying on AI to protect endangered species.

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By analyzing large amounts of data, AI is allowing them to identify behavioral patterns and intervene early before it causes changes to the ecosystem.

 

Some dogs are learning how to use soundboards to form two-word phrases to communicate with humans.
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Dogs speaking through soundboards

With enough training, some dogs are learning to communicate with humans using soundboards. Some of them are even able to combine words to express their wants and needs.

 

Thanks to AI, researchers discovered that elephants use sounds to call to one another like names.
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AI shows us elephants call each other by name

Researchers have discovered that elephants use different sounds to refer to one another. With the help of AI, they were able to prove that the sounds are distinct for each herd member.

 

How AI can help save oceanic wildlife

Acústica Marina is a conservation organization that places sensors on buoys along the Chilean coast to monitor marine ecosystems. AI analyzes the data they collect to protect whales.

 

AI zoo project protects gorillas

A gorilla tracker at the Berlin Zoo is part of an AI research project for the Hasso Plattner Institute. It’s designed to analyze the behavior of the endangered apes and figure out better ways to protect them.

 

AI software is analyzing lion behavior patterns at a zoo to better protect the animals in the wild.
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AI helps protect lions in the wild

Lions at the Berlin Zoo are wearing special collar transmitters that provide data to train an AI program used in Namibia to improve protection measures for wild lions.

 

 

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