Nov 28, 2015 | Land Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The polar bear is an iconic apex predator whose specialized adaptations for capturing seals from the surface of the sea ice has allowed them to flourish in the Arctic marine environment for at least 500,000 years. Polar bears occur only in northern hemisphere seas...
Nov 22, 2015 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
In a world of increasingly variable climate, the Australian outback has long been known for its climatic extremes with its ‘droughts and flooding rains’. In this vast inland region of the Australian continent, rainfall is not only low – on average – but also highly...
Nov 20, 2015 | Argos Forum, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Wildlife Monitoring
Polar bears and climate changeA near real-time climate observation system for high latitudesBoom-bust nomads in a changing climateTriton moorings for the tropical ocean climateSharpening climate change predictions for marine fishesWhat future for Crozet Island’s...
Oct 26, 2015 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
www.Satellite-Telemetry.de is the website of the World Working Group on Birds of Prey (WWGBP) where some of the results of satellite telemetry studies are presented. Using Argos satellite tags, studies of 15 different bird of prey species have been conducted since...
Sep 8, 2015 | Fish, Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Basking sharks are prevalent in the North Atlantic waters, off the coast of Scotland. While it is rarer to spot a basking shark in the Irish Sea, sightings have been reported off the Isle of Man. This is why a new partnership between Sea Life...
Sep 2, 2015 | Goniometer, News, Wildlife Monitoring
“This equipment is very good news for researchers – now it is reasonable to expect that if PSATs pop up in an area that can be reached by boat, tags can be physically recovered. For my research, this means that I can make sense of the geomagnetic and...
