The US Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) has been working for the last two years to make ocean profiles collected by animal-borne satellite telemetry tags such as the Wildlife Computers SCOUT-CTD into the WMO Global Telecommunication System. Read the story...

Over 400,000 hours were spent watching Tiaki a Northern Royal Albatross from Pukekura/Taiaroa Head in New Zealand. Viewers were excited to see Tiaki leave the nest for the next step of its journey—a Royal Albatross will spend up to 10 years traveling around the ocean before...

The Arnavon rookery in the Solomon Islands is the largest rookery for hawksbill turtles in the South Pacific. It’s especially important because hawksbill turtles are critically endangered. In 1995, the Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area was established to protect not only the turtles but the...

It’s not easy being green—Kermit the Frog Unless you commit to it. For the last four years, Wildlife Computers has been recognized as a green business by EnviroStars. The EnviroStars program recognizes businesses that follow practices to limit their environmental impact and protect their employees. This...

Previous information gathered about white sharks in Australia and New Zealand was based on a relatively small sample size. This study looked at over 2,800 days of data from 103 immature white sharks. Researchers used Wildlife Computers SPOT tags and Vemco acoustic tags to track...

IGOR Pro is a commercially available graphing, analysis, and automation software product that allows you to manipulate, process, and plot your tag data. You can learn more about IGOR here. The Wildlife Computers Data Portal and Wildlife Computers Data Analysis Program (DAP) will output an IGOR...

This study examines the movements of narwhals in the Scoresby Sound. Researchers gathered data from Wildlife Computers SPOT, SPLASH, and CTD tags to attempt to integrate oceanographic profiling with diving and foraging behavior. The research found that narwhals avoided swimming into water warmer than 2°C....

Researchers looked to fill the data gap in the variability in habitat use and movement patterns in tiger sharks. They used Wildlife Computers SPOT tags on 56 tiger sharks over the course of eight years to analyze the overlap of core habitats. The study revealed...

Do Pacific hake and Chinook salmon like the light? Researchers took a look at illuminated and non-illuminated trawlers to see the by-catch of hake and salmon. They used a Wildlife Computers TDR-MK9 archival tag to measure the light level and temperature. The study found that...

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