Over two years, scientists tracked 17 juvenile king penguins in the Crozet Archipelago using Wildlife Computers SPLASH tags. They found that juveniles and non-breeding adults traveled similar routes but when leaving later in the season, the range area was smaller. They also found that foraging behavior...
Recently scientists focused on the dive behavior and foraging efforts of Cape fur seals using Wildlife Computers dive recorders. Most dives were less than 50 m deep showing that the fur seal diet may largely focus on small schooling fish because these dives don’t expend as much...
Researchers deployed 14 Limpet tags on false killer whales with the ultimate goal to understand what factors influence spatial use and movement patterns of false killer whales, and how they overlap and potentially interact with nearshore fisheries around the main Hawaiian Islands. Learn More...
Knowledge is power especially when it comes to turtle conservation. Researchers used Wildlife Computers SPLASH tags to learn more about distribution, population size and trends, movements, and habitat use of leatherback sea turtles in Brazil. Read the Research...
Marine fouling (biofouling) happens when organisms attach themselves to underwater objects like building structures, ropes, and especially satellite tags. Once attached to a tag, biofouling will inhibit a tag from transmitting a signal to Argos satellites. A tag with biofouling will also experience more drag,...
New research outlines 15 best practices for using externally attached telemetry devices on pinnipeds. The best practices provide guidance to help mitigate possible negative outcomes. The recommendations cover the following categories: justification, capture, tag design, tag attachment, effects assessments, preparations, and reporting. Read the Best Practices...
Wildlife Computers tags that include a temperature-depth recorder combined with an accelerometer allowing the detection of the rapid head movements that characterize prey capture attempts were used on 12 elephant seals over the course of three years. The study revealed that elephant seals attempt to catch...
71 Northern Fur Seals were outfitted with Wildlife Computers SPOT and SPLASH tags and data were extracted and processed using Wildlife Computers DAP. Researchers used satellite location and dive data to compare pre-migratory foraging behavior, migration departure timing and routes, time spent in the ocean,...
Diving Behavior of the Reef Manta Ray (Mobula alfredi) in New Caledonia Antarctic Minke Whales Find Ice Gaps Along the Ice Edge The Importance of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Foraging Loggerhead Sea Turtles Testing Satellite Telemetry Within Narrow Ecosystems Delineating Foraging...
One often overlooked feature in the Wildlife Computers Data Portal is the ability to add custom labelled columns for your deployments. You can add up to five custom columns in order to search and sort the way you want to. The columns can be anything...