Wildlife surveying is largely done manually by a biologist visiting a site several times per year over multiple years - an approach that is time/labor-intensive, error-prone & negatively impacts wildlife.
ASU 3 — Launched March 2026
Modernizing the Protection and Management of Wildlife
Launched in April 2024, our automated acoustic wildlife surveying device, the ASU, is the first‑of‑its‑kind on the market.
- 99%
- Faster than traditional ARUs
- 6,500+
- Detectable target species
- < 30 min
- From recording to detection alert
The Problem With Traditional Surveying
Land management lacks a consistent, effective and efficient way to monitor and survey for wildlife.
Even where recording technology is used, it produces many hours of audio recordings which must then be reviewed by human listeners and/or algorithms, a lengthy and cumbersome process.
Detections of target species are only known weeks, months or even a year after the recording was produced, a non-starter for time-sensitive operations.
Automated Surveying Unit (ASU 3)
The world's first automated real-time, edge-computing, satellite-enabled acoustic monitoring device.
Wildlife Surveying
Our novel acoustic monitoring device fully automates wildlife surveying, listening for over 6,500 species of interest, processing the data and providing timely notification no matter how remote the survey site may be.
Learn More!Instinct is founded and built by outdoorspeople who are passionate about using their skills to better protect the environment.
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