How Scientists Track Wild Animals (Without Ever Seeing Them)

How Scientists Track Wild Animals (Without Ever Seeing Them)

July 7, 2026 · 49 min · Season 14 · Episode 5

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This episode explores the technology used by scientists to track wild animals without ever seeing them.

Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and unleash your inner science goblin. We see you. We respect it. How do scientists study animals that spend their lives hiding, migrating thousands of miles, or living deep underwater? In this episode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole explore the incredible technology that's transforming wildlife research. From radar that detects millions of migrating birds to satellites tracking whales from space, conservation has become a real-life spy mission....

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