{"id":38181,"date":"2026-06-05T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/?p=38181"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:07:00","slug":"ai-tool-tracks-individual-wild-animals-across-100-species-in-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/ai-tool-tracks-individual-wild-animals-across-100-species-in-video\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Tool Tracks Individual Wild Animals Across 100 Species in Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-e7eb3fc3 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">A new AI system called SA-FARI can automatically detect, name and follow individual animals across nearly 100 species in video footage. Built on Meta&#8217;s latest vision model, the tool could save wildlife researchers thousands of hours of manual review.<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b0ffac9c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-size:16px\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">The University Network<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share uagb-social-share__outer-wrap uagb-social-share__layout-horizontal uagb-block-ee584a31\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-ec619ce7\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"facebook\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.8 90.69 226.4 209.3 245V327.7h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.3 482.4 504 379.8 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-32d99934\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"twitter\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-1d136f14\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"linkedin\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservationists and wildlife researchers may soon spend far less time scrubbing through hours of camera trap footage, thanks to a new AI system capable of automatically identifying and tracking individual animals across nearly 100 species \u2014 pixel by pixel, frame by frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system, called SA-FARI (Segment Anything in Footage of Animals for Recognition and Identification), was developed by an international consortium led by ConservationX Labs and Meta, with key contributions from a University of Bristol team specializing in Animal Biometrics and AI for Conservation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.thecvf.com\/content\/CVPR2026\/papers\/Wasmuht_The_SA-FARI_Dataset_Segment_Anything_in_Footage_of_Animals_for_CVPR_2026_paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">paper<\/a> is being presented June 6 at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) in Denver \u2014 widely considered the top venue for visual AI research \u2014 where it has been selected as an Award Candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the Technology Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SA-FARI is built on Meta&#8217;s Segment Anything Model 3 (SAM3), a cutting-edge Vision-Language Model that uses both text and visual prompts to pinpoint, outline and follow objects across images and video. Applied to wildlife footage, the system generates what researchers call &#8220;masklets&#8221; \u2014 precise, frame-by-frame outlines that trace an animal&#8217;s exact shape as it moves through a scene. 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SA-FARI has the potential to eliminate thousands of hours of that work, freeing scientists to focus on analysis rather than data wrangling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otto Brookes, a lecturer in AI and animal biometrics at Bristol, explained that the stakes go beyond convenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The ability to locate animals in space and time is incredibly important for wildlife monitoring \u2013 it is a prerequisite for many tasks such as recognising behaviour and distinguishing individuals from one another and ultimately measuring how animals respond to conservation interventions,&#8221; Brookes said in a news release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, tracking animals accurately isn&#8217;t just a technical milestone \u2014 it&#8217;s the foundation for answering some of the most pressing questions in conservation science, from how endangered populations respond to habitat restoration to how individual animals behave under environmental stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tilo Burghardt, a professor of computer vision and animal biometrics at Bristol, framed the project within a broader global mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlobal problems require global solutions. Based on the group\u2019s pioneering track record of over 20 years, the University of Bristol is regarded as one of the go-to places for using AI for conservation in the UK and beyond, and is an important part of a growing international community working in this area,\u201d Burghardt said in the news release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Effort<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scale of SA-FARI reflects just how many disciplines had to come together to make it work. Beyond Bristol and the lead organizations, contributors included teams from the Hasso Plattner Institute, the University of Oviedo, Osa Conservation, the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and Climate Corridors. First author Dante Wasmuht and senior author Didac Suris spearheaded the research effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bristol team&#8217;s recognition at CVPR is also notable for another reason: this marks the second consecutive year the group has earned a prestigious nomination at the conference, signaling the university&#8217;s growing international profile in AI-driven conservation research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burghardt noted that SA-FARI is designed with extensibility in mind, suggesting future researchers could build on the system to incorporate features such as tracking animal body posture, estimating depth, and generating natural language descriptions of animal behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What This Means for Students and Emerging Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For students studying ecology, wildlife biology, computer science or data science, SA-FARI represents a tangible example of how AI tools are reshaping fieldwork. 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