February 2026
Public Population Pages
Section titled “Public Population Pages”Populations can now have a publicly accessible landing page at their own subdomain (e.g., srkw.finwave.io). These pages are search-engine-indexed and designed for researchers, conservation organizations, journalists, and the general public.
What’s included
Section titled “What’s included”- Hero section with customizable image and credit
- Stats bar showing key metrics (individuals, encounters, images, contributors, tracking period) computed automatically from your data
- About section pulled from your population description, with organization cards for each managing organization
- Featured individuals grid — select up to 8 individuals to highlight, or let finwave auto-select the most-encountered
- Highlights feed — share news, papers, announcements, and milestones on your public page
- Call to action — customizable CTA encouraging visitors to contribute
- Social links — link to your website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
How to enable
Section titled “How to enable”- Navigate to Population Settings > Public Page
- Toggle the page on and enter a subdomain slug
- Submit the slug for platform admin approval
- Once approved, configure your hero image, featured individuals, CTA, and social links
See Public Pages for the full guide.
Platform administration
Section titled “Platform administration”Platform administrators can review and approve or reject slug requests from the new Slug Requests card in Platform Administration.
Privacy
Section titled “Privacy”Public pages expose only curated content and aggregate statistics — no GPS coordinates, contributor details, raw encounter records, or data export capabilities.
Other improvements
Section titled “Other improvements”- Capture history analysis added to the Workbench analysis suite
- ML Center component updates for population-level metrics
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements