Sep 29, 2014 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
In early summer 2011, two black kites were fitted with satellite tags Argos to track their path in near real time. It is possible to follow Milou and Salam via an interactive map and the blog of Adrian Aebischer. Since last month, Milou returned to southern Mauritania...
Sep 8, 2014 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Qatar is home to a great diversity of marine animals. Each year, hundreds of whale sharks return to the Qatari waters near the Al Shaheen oil field, in the north of Qatar. To protect the whale sharks and help preserve this endangered species, a research project was...
Aug 26, 2014 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
100 argos satellite transmitters were deployed on adult green turtles and 19 loggerhead turtles for the DYMITILE project. 20 new Argos will be deployed in 2014 and 2015 on loggerhead turtles accidentally caught by fishermen in the Reunion. The project is called...
Aug 25, 2014 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
IDB Financing Assists with Flamingo Conservation and Tracking in Bolivia from BIDtv on Vimeo. As part of an IDB-financed conservation grant, the Bank is tracking the flight paths and altitude of flamingos near Laguna Colorada, Bolivia.
Mar 16, 2014 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, hosted every year by the International Sea Turtle Society (ISTS), is a unique event that draws participants from around the world, from across disciplines and cultures to a common interest and objective: the...
Feb 22, 2014 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
In February of 2014, we bought a goniometer from CLS in order to find that PTT and any other that could be lost in the future. We drove to Sierra de Filabres, to a location about two kilometers away from our last received position, an arid hilly area with a very...