user27357: I noticed this question, which has accumulated quite a few up and downvotes. My immediate thought was that it really doesn't have anything to do with biology and would be off-topic.
Having said that, we allow questions regarding laboratory techniques, for example, so why would questions about the technology required for other kind of field-based experiments be any different?
Are these posts on-topic or not?

user948: I don't see why that question would be off-topic. It's about a tool used in biological research. Not all biology happens in an enclosed lab in a building - sometimes your lab is an open field, or a coral reef, or a cave. We have a lab-techniques tag with over 360 open questions that are presumably on-topic, and the referenced question here is about a lab technique, albeit one related to a specific piece of equipment. This is no different in my mind than a question about next-gen sequencing, specifically related to using an Illumina sequencer and its output.

27357: <p>I noticed <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/108143/how-long-does-an-audiomoth-acoustic-logger-record-for">this question</a>, which has accumulated quite a few up and downvotes. My immediate thought was that it really doesn't have anything to do with biology and would be off-topic.</p>
<p>Having said that, we allow questions regarding laboratory techniques, for example, so why would questions about the technology required for other kind of field-based experiments be any different?</p>
<p>Are these posts on-topic or not?</p>
 948: <p>I don't see why that question would be off-topic. It's about a tool used in biological research. Not all biology happens in an enclosed lab in a building - sometimes your lab is an open field, or a coral reef, or a cave. We have a <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/lab-techniques" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;lab-techniques&#39;" rel="tag">lab-techniques</a> tag with <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/search?q=%5Blab-techniques%5D+closed%3Afalse">over 360 open questions</a> that are presumably on-topic, and the referenced question here is about a lab technique, albeit one related to a specific piece of equipment. This is no different in my mind than a question about next-gen sequencing, specifically related to using an Illumina sequencer and its output.</p>
