Due to the June 2018 Supreme Court decision on South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., Wildlife Computers is required to collect sales tax on all orders shipping to the States of California and South Carolina placed on or after 01 April 2019. In the past, buyers were...
One of the biggest questions we get at Wildlife Computers is what do I need to do before I deploy my tags. We’ve created some documents that might help: Pre-deployment: Tag Checklist Pre-deployment: Portal Checklist Post-deployment: Portal Checklist Let’s run through Cliff’s Notes. Before every deployment, we...
Long‐term sound and movement recording tags to study natural behavior and reaction to ship noise of seals Feeding home ranges of pacific coast feeding group gray whales A hardware-accelerated particle filter for the geolocation of demersal fishes Satellite Tracking of Coastal Bryde’s Whales Balaenoptera...
GPE3 provides light-based geolocation estimates of movements from the light data collected by our tags. Learn more about the key benefits of using this statistically robust tool....
The new live map feature is delighting clients around the world. We are continually adding features including a flashing icon to indicate an active tag and the ability to hover over a location to see additional details. Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium posted a great...
Nigel Hussey, Bob Hodgson, and Shannon MacPhee stopped by the Wildlife Computers office recently and told us all about their latest research project. Nigel and Bob’s project started out as a standard research project but morphed into a larger ecosystem project encompassing Greenland sharks, Narwhals,...
One of the most enjoyable parts of my job at Wildlife Computers is interacting with scientists, attending conferences, and scanning the literature to see and hear all the creative ways that electronic tags are being used. Most researchers approach us with what appears to be...
Body condition influences ontogeny of foraging behavior in juvenile southern elephant seals Movements and habitat use of juvenile silky sharks in the Pacific Ocean inform conservation strategies Tagging Atlantic bluefin tuna from a farming cage: An attempt to reduce handling times for large scale...
North Pacific loggerhead turtles were recently studied to see if the immature loggerheads in the Sea of Japan follow the prevailing current to the south or north, or if they are unable to leave the area when it gets cold. The study followed 30 immature...
Wildlife Computers PSAT tags were used recently to track blue sharks. Long considered to be an abundant species, the blue shark has been subjected to exploitation and bycatch in recent years—it is estimated that over 10 million blue sharks are killed annually. The study used...