Stories and Updates

Explore our posts for updates on our projects and team. We aim for this page to be a valuable source of information; providing you with in-depth tutorials and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our work; as well as a retrospective look at our journey thus far.

The Story of the WRMD Logo
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The Story of the WRMD Logo

Our President and Co-Founder, Rachel Avilla, created the WRMD logo. Because WRMD is a database and data analytics can be considered a bookish type endeavor, she decided to use a bookworm style mascot. This bookworm is reminiscent of the 80’s style Glo worm toy.

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Summer 2024 Updates
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Summer 2024 Updates

We have been hard at work developing the next version of WRMD, WRMD 4.0! When we launch in the fall, we will update you on new features and will provide an in depth library of WRMD 4.0 tutorials.

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Global Wildlife Data Sharing Workshop
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Global Wildlife Data Sharing Workshop

The Wild Neighbors Database Project team and our partners from UC Davis and EpiEcos recently represented WildAlert at the Global Wildlife Data Sharing Workshop held at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.

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