Abstract: In extended object tracking, basic parametric shapes such as ellipses and rectangles or non-parametric shape representations such as Fourier series or Gaussian processes can be utilized as ...

You’ve heard of birds flying south to escape the winter, but do you know how chipmunks spend the colder months? Eastern chipmunks dig their burrows near decaying logs or stone piles, carving out a ...

AI can enhance kids' art without replacing their creativity. Starting with original drawings keeps the child as the artist. Simple prompts help kids learn ethical, hands-on AI use. I write a lot about ...

Content warning: This article reports on violence against endangered animals. Critically endangered animals are being advertised for sale as bushmeat on TikTok, a new study finds. The work, published ...

Dr. Berg teaches philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Last spring, it became clear to me that over half the students in my large general education lecture course had used artificial ...

Walk through a rainforest and you’ll hear more than you see. Leaves rustle. Branches shake. Something is always on the move – but not on the ground. Up in the forest canopy, life runs on its own ...

Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “what is art?” Art is something people make to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor), also ...

Echolocation lets animals use sound as a guide in places where vision fails. They send out clicks, chirps, or taps and interpret the returning echoes to find prey, avoid danger, or move confidently in ...