Mar 26, 2024 | Herding, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Smart Agriculture, Wildlife Monitoring
Instrumenting animals with transmitters has been done for a number of years, in particular using the ARGOS satellite system, to gain knowledge on their ecology, assess species vulnerability to environmental changes and/or species distributions. Nowadays, those...
Mar 18, 2024 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Flatback turtles are marine turtles endemic to the Australian continental shelf. Few information is available on them, which hinder conservation measures. Satellite tracking and stable isotope analysis of females nesting in eastern Queensland, Australia, were used to...
Mar 4, 2024 | Birds, Wildlife Monitoring
Andean Flamingos are wetland birds that move between high-altitude Andean and lowland wetlands. They are the rarest of all flamingo species, and most of their life cycle is not well known. Using Argos to assess their habitat use and movements in a context of...
Feb 19, 2024 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Walruses are large marine mammal living around the Arctic Ocean. The population from Franz Josef Land archipelago has scarcely been studied while being important component of their ecosystem. Argos helps in better understand their foraging and space use. Walruses are...
Feb 5, 2024 | Birds, Wildlife Monitoring
Carnaby’s cockatoos are endangered parrots, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. They are beginning to feed on canola crops, which might be interesting for their survival – or not. Argos helps in trying to understands the importance and impact of this...
Jan 31, 2024 | Herding, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Smart Agriculture, Wildlife Monitoring
You already know that back in 2018, CLS created Kinéis with one goal: transform the Argos satellite system and deploy an unparalleled connectivity that is near real-time, universal, and with a low-data rate. Now, the launch window for the first of five launches has...