Newsletter

Wildbook 10.11: Fast Matching in Seconds, Match Visualization, AI Co-scientist, and New Match Results Page
August 2026
Wildbook 10.11 rebuilds MiewID matching around a fast vector database, so matches against large catalogs come back in seconds. It also adds PairX match visualizations developed with MIT's Beery Lab, a redesigned Match Result page, and data access through ChatGPT or Claude.

New Algorithm: "MiewID In-depth" for Individual Animal Re-ID
March 2026
MiewID In-depth pairs the MiewID v4.1 model with LightGlue feature matching to re-rank its top 50 predictions. It improved top-1 accuracy for 69 of 93 species, including Iberian lynx, ocelots, spotted hyenas, and trout.

MiewID v4: The Latest AI for Individual Animal Re-ID
January 2026
MiewID v4 was trained on 40% more data than v3, covering about 90 species, among them elephants, chital and sika deer, tiger sharks, and seadragons. Average top-1 accuracy rose to 78%.

Wildbook 10.9 and the New Encounter Page
January 2026
Wildbook 10.9 introduces a faster, cleaner Encounter page for data curation, along with more than 20 fixes for issues reported by the community.

New Research from Users across the Wildbook Community
September 2025
A roundup of 18 publications from Wildbook users in 2025, from Nubian giraffe translocations to whale shark residency and AI for biodiversity research.

An Upcoming Upgrade and a Request for Camera Trapping Input
September 2025
Wildbook 10.8.1 brings a new bulk import interface with data validation, built on a new data API. We also asked which camera trap software you use so we can integrate with it.

User Survey Feedback and Upcoming Releases
July 2025
What we heard in the Wildbook user survey: finer data sharing controls, more flexible exports, and faster matching. Plus a look ahead to Wildbook 10.8, 10.9, and MiewID v4.

Whiskerbook: New AI for 25 Wild Cat Species
June 2025
New multi-species detection and viewpoint models, combined with MiewID, bring AI support for 25 small wild cat species to Whiskerbook, including the sand cat, margay, and Pallas's cat.

In 2021, Wild Me made incredible breakthroughs and developments including adding many species to Wildbooks, new publications, new algorithms, and improved machine learning.