Jul 28, 2021 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Macaws are living in the wild – they are not “only” pets. Tracking Scarlet and Blue-and-Yellow Macaw with Argos enables to demonstrate that they move between protected and non-protected areas. Expanded Protection is thus needed to maintain their populations outside of...
Jul 13, 2021 | Fish, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Wildlife Monitoring
Blue sharks, as many pelagic species of sharks, are often found in the surface layers above the existing Oxygen Minimum Zones. Those layers might shrink due to climate change and the expansion of the oxygen-poor areas underneath, thus leading to a concentration of...
Jul 6, 2021 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Wild geese are among the most famous migratory birds – stars of fiction and documentaries. However, there are a number of different species, the Light-bellied Brent Geese among them. They don’t have the same migratory habits, as Argos telemetry enabled to assess....
Jun 16, 2021 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Manatees can live in rivers. However, in Africa, dams have been built over rivers, so that mitigation and modifications should be made to let the manatees come and go with the wet and dry seasons. A study examines this in the Senegal River. Manatees are marine mammals...
Jun 16, 2021 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Registrations are now closed. This webinar was an opportunity to bring the community (virtually) back together while sharing some great research. Thank you to everyone who participated. You can access the replay below. Contact the Argos...
May 31, 2021 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Albatrosses tend to be attracted by fishing boats, which is one of the main threats on the species. The bycatch risk is usually assessed by comparing albatrosses’ and (legal) boats locations. Illegal fishing grounds are less easy to pinpoint, though, except that the...