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Turtles in a hurricane

Turtles in a hurricane

Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico experience major hurricanes. How they respond to such extreme events is a puzzle whose answers would contribute to the conservation of these threatened and endangered species. Telemetry provides some pieces to that puzzle. On October 10,...
Tracking eels to the Sargasso Sea

Tracking eels to the Sargasso Sea

European eels are a critically endangered species. They have a complex life-cycle with their spawning area thought to be in the Sargasso Sea. A study managed to track them to their breeding place for the first time using pop-up tags. We’ve reported on this web site...
Why Arctic foxes travel long distances?

Why Arctic foxes travel long distances?

The Arctic foxes have been noticed as travelling very long distances over the whole Arctic regions. Long time series of tracks retrieved by Argos enables to analyse this behaviour to understand why they might go so far, and whether they are staying there, at which...