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Remote-sensing field cameras – commonly called camera traps – are becoming more and more popular. Wildlife enthusiasts, researchers, game rangers, farmers and even anti-poaching units all make use of these very effective and unobtrusive tools to see what animals (and sometimes people!) are doing in their absence. In this article we explain their significance for our work.

Over the past few weeks, there have been multiple reports and stories from around the world showing wild animals in places usually overrun by humans. Countless memes, comics and illustrations on social media enforces the idea that ‘animals are reclaiming the earth’ and wildlife once again has more freedom to roam now that a large proportion of the world’s population is under lockdown.