Sep 10, 2021 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
A large population of green turtles is found in Western Australia. Using a database of tracks enables scientists to model their behaviour and help in deciding the protection regulations to enforce. The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is a highly migratory species of...
Aug 25, 2021 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Whimbrels migrate at the peak of the hurricane season, crossing the Atlantic. Different populations of this American shorebirds have different strategies to deal with tropical storms. However, they may have to find new ways with climate change worsening the storms....
Aug 10, 2021 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Animal tracking with Argos began in the 1980s. Improved techniques and satellite coverage now allow for much more tracking, with better resolutions. However, old tracks analysed with current methods can help understand issues such as the sleep of whales as is the case...
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....
