The AI of the tiger: A high-tech bid to save an iconic species

It's a storyline worthy of a crime drama. The victims' remains have been discovered, and now it's down to investigators to piece together who they were and where they came from. But the victims aren't people, they're endangered tigers.

The tiger population across Asia has suffered a massive decline over the last 100 years. There are now believed to be fewer than 4,500 wild tigers left in the world. The biggest culprit in the iconic animals' decline has been poaching to feed the illegal trade in tiger parts.

Some of those illegal products are used in traditional medicines, but tiger pelts are also highly prized as decorative items.