Google-backed project is collecting millions of wildlife camera-trap images

Nathan Sing, CNN

Updated 10:54 AM ET, Mon January 13, 2020

Wildlife Insights is a website compiling millions of camera-trap photographs. Pictured, a jaguar photographed deep inside the Nouragues Natural Reserve, French Guiana. <strong>Scroll through to see more wildlife caught on camera.</strong>
Photos: Camera trap photos of wildlife around the world
Wildlife Insights is a website compiling millions of camera-trap photographs. Pictured, a jaguar photographed deep inside the Nouragues Natural Reserve, French Guiana. Scroll through to see more wildlife caught on camera.
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Camera traps allow researchers to discretely capture photos of wildlife, like this one of a tiger in Bardia National Park, Nepal.
Photos: Camera trap photos of wildlife around the world
Camera traps allow researchers to discretely capture photos of wildlife, like this one of a tiger in Bardia National Park, Nepal.
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A male Lion in the Zambezi Region of Namibia
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A male Lion in the Zambezi Region of Namibia
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The Wildlife Insights platform is supported by Google and the World Wildlife Fund, among others. Pictured, animals by a water hole in the Zambezi region of Namibia, taken by a camera trap.
Photos: Camera trap photos of wildlife around the world
The Wildlife Insights platform is supported by Google and the World Wildlife Fund, among others. Pictured, animals by a water hole in the Zambezi region of Namibia, taken by a camera trap.
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A spotted hyena in the Zambezi Region of Namibia.
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A spotted hyena in the Zambezi Region of Namibia.
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A takin in the Trongsa District of Bhutan. The takin is also known as the cattle chamois or gnu goat
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A takin in the Trongsa District of Bhutan. The takin is also known as the cattle chamois or gnu goat
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The images on the platform will be available to researchers, and the general public. A pair of marmots caught on camera in Akesai County, China.
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The images on the platform will be available to researchers, and the general public. A pair of marmots caught on camera in Akesai County, China.
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A wild boar in the Trongsa District of Bhutan.
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A wild boar in the Trongsa District of Bhutan.
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Camera traps are triggered by heat or movement. A giant anteater in Manaus, photographed in Brazil
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Camera traps are triggered by heat or movement. A giant anteater in Manaus, photographed in Brazil
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A leopard photographed in the Zambezi Region of Namibia.
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A leopard photographed in the Zambezi Region of Namibia.
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Wildlife Insights hopes its platform will encourage collaboration between researchers across the world. A Bornean orangutan with baby, captured by a camera trap in Indonesia.
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Wildlife Insights hopes its platform will encourage collaboration between researchers across the world. A Bornean orangutan with baby, captured by a camera trap in Indonesia.
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A curious ocelot getting up close to a camera trap.
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A curious ocelot getting up close to a camera trap.
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The platform uses AI to identify the animals in the images. Pictured, giraffes in the Zambezi Region of Namibia.
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The platform uses AI to identify the animals in the images. Pictured, giraffes in the Zambezi Region of Namibia.
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A southern pig-tailed macaque at the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in Indonesia.
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A southern pig-tailed macaque at the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in Indonesia.
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A family of northern plains gray langurs, photographed around a watering hole.
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A family of northern plains gray langurs, photographed around a watering hole.
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These African elephants look like they're about to trample this camera trap.
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These African elephants look like they're about to trample this camera trap.
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