May 24, 2017 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Dr. Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Research and Education Center for Natural Sciences, Keio University, and his colleagues have satellite-tracked the migration of raptors for about 20 years. The species include Grey-faced Buzzards, Oriental Honey Buzzards, Common Buzzards and...
May 24, 2017 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Argos satellite telemetry studies over the last two decades revealed that sea turtles undertake wide-range migration, and often trans-oceanic migration. Moreover, advanced Argos PTT (Platform Transmitter Terminal) provide fine-scale information of dive behavior, and...
May 24, 2017 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
At the 2nd Argos Asian Wildlife Tracking Workshop in Incheon, Korea, Dr. Heqi Wu, a Chinese ornithologist, will present “An introduction on Sino-BON birds CAS and major works.” He will introduce a monitoring network on important water bird species...
Jan 12, 2017 | Fish, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Wildlife Monitoring
On January 21st 2016, Rob Gregor (CSIRO) and his team from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) deployed the Slocum glider 416 (Amy) as part of the eReefs project to observe the water around the northern Great Barrier Reef. The plan was for the deployment...
Jan 2, 2017 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
By Lilia Dmitrieva, Simon J. Goodman, School of Biology, University of Leeds, UK The Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) is a small-bodied, ice-breeding phocid, endemic to the landlocked Caspian Sea in Central Asia. The species is listed as ‘Endangered’ by the International...
