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Microsoft AI for Good Lab — Biodiversity research hub. Open-source AI models, edge devices, and tools for biodiversity monitoring and conservation. Your source for MegaDetector, SPARROW, PytorchWildlife, Bioacoustics, and more.

Stars: 1.1k
Forks: 297
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 25

Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Aug 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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25 open issues indexed

Mismatch in number of results between detector and classifier Open

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microsoft/Biodiversity#610 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 8, 2026
Memory usage issues with TIMM classifier Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#609 · Opened Jan 8, 2026
Error importing scale_boxes Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#607 · Opened Dec 20, 2025
Compability with pytorch 2.4 Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#602 · Opened Sep 3, 2025
Pre-commit hooks, linting and formatting implementation Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#600 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2025
Add TIMM models to the classification finetuning codebase Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#599 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 1, 2025
Create unit tests for PytorchWildlife Open

enhancement

microsoft/Biodiversity#598 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 1, 2025
Adapt Speciesnet to Pytorch and Pytorch-Wildlife Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#597 · Opened Jul 1, 2025
Make output compatible with Timelapse's new video format Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#596 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 1, 2025
Enable photo uploads from NAS or cloud storage Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#595 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Analyze videos for identification and speed calculation Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#594 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Separate detection/no-detection images via interface-based folder selection instead of code Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#593 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Do you accept contributions on new models? I trained a model that can identify 10k species of birds. Open

question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#591 · 2 comments · Opened May 18, 2025
Empyt classifications with AI4GAmazonRainforest Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#587 · Opened May 7, 2025
Support NumPy Array Input for `batch_image_detection` Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 57/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#576 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 14, 2025
No Error Handling in Batch Prediction for Corrupted Images Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#575 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 9, 2025
Problem getting SSL cert Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#572 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 18, 2025
Could results be different between this repo's MDv5 and the older MD repo MDv5? Open

question

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#571 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 16, 2025
Load detection json for subsequent classification Open

question

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#566 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 7, 2025
Issue Saving MegaDetectorV6: Cannot Pickle '_thread.lock' Object Open

question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#565 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 31, 2025
installing PytorchWildlife on fresh python environment results in errors. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#564 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 31, 2025
Training own weights on windows Open

bug question

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#508 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 17, 2024
Implementing Oriented Bounding Box feature Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#507 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 16, 2024
Only save results with a given confidence percentage or above Open

enhancement question

microsoft/Biodiversity#496 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened May 8, 2024
Add Bio-accoustics support Open

enhancement New Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/Biodiversity#441 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 24, 2024

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