O'Reilly Animals

A nonprofit project from O’Reilly Media, publisher of the iconic Animal books, that engages the tech community to use their skills to help endangered species.

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Yes, the O'Reilly "Animal Lady" is retiring, but the O'Reilly animals are not. I hope that tech folks will continue to work on helping preserve endangered species around the world. Here's the beautiful print the O'Reilly designers gave me this week. #oreillymedia

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Cool. Experts use tourist-sourced data to grok whale sharks—biggest fish in the sea (and the animal on “Web Security, Privacy & Commerce”). https://t.co/OfniNXhgYK

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Great article by Rebecca Kondos on how humans get inspiration from nature to solve design problems. #biomimicry https://t.co/XbJm7XgeyA

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Tracking endangered sea turtles with open source technologies cuts expenses & collects critical data, win-win. #ZSL https://t.co/BcyPtihwHZ

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Gorgeous photographs of African carnivores -- @willbl on assignment for the WWF. (+ video showing how he did it.) https://t.co/ZzYTVnzitr

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Play Minecraft on the African Savannah with We Are the Rangers and protect lions, elephants, rhinos from poachers. https://t.co/xgNzyGlEGQ

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44 brainy & practical solutions to stop illegal wildlife trafficking compete for $500k prize to make it happen. https://t.co/AGmsMwD5PR

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Everyone’s heard the story of how Cecil the lion died. Technology enables us to understand how he lived. #cecil http://t.co/BHCsxPVdE6

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Which way is up? C.elegans' tiny sensors detect Earth's magnetic field, anywhere. Intriguing. http://t.co/Dp8hbvGELs

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Angry birds spot bad eggs. 3D printing & pattern recognition algorithms show how birds know which eggs are theirs. http://t.co/Lh7cIMtz7Z

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Islamic State threatens rare northern bald ibis after guards flee endangered-species colony. Only 7 birds left. http://t.co/7yKM82PIuc

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They're back. Maybe. Rare Sierra Nevada red fox(es) seen on remote cameras in Yosemite. How many are there? http://t.co/xlovP7JJAf

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13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015 | GlobalPost http://t.co/La8QvV02KU via @GlobalPost

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Warblers get out of Dodge before big storms arrive -- how do they know, days ahead of time? It's not "they just do." http://t.co/qBgFMhCpYw

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Sensor fish tell a harrowing tale. http://t.co/V3tp9PpcsN

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Otters! ZSL and Google test TV whitespace @ZSL London Zoo for wifi to monitor endangered species in remote areas. http://t.co/4b5m2PGP7o

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Whale-watchers take note: free iPhone app uses crowdsourced reports to help ships avoid endangered Pacific whales. http://t.co/eOlXwtWmrP

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The University of Oxford asks “citizen scientists” to spot penguins in photographs. http://t.co/5NBBU7gLgW

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Wow! Article, not just headline! RT @gnat: This may be, quite simply, the best headline for a science article. Ever. http://t.co/brNqV5BjsG

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Learn more about our mascot, the Tarsier from @Arkive http://t.co/mmltphOcPB http://t.co/U60WT2D2Fk (Anyone have a towel?)