Species360 Member News

01Dec 20

Community: Learn about Species360 members

Read updates about the Species360 member community - many of them welcoming new members, and others featuring care and welfare and conservation programs at leading aquariums, zoos, and wildlife refuges.…

20Jan 21

Dr. Sandy Trautwein joins Species360 as Director of Aquatics Conservation and Product Management

Dr. Sandy Trautwein will join Species360 as Director of Aquatics Conservation and Product Management. She most recently was Vice President of Husbandry at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.

18Jan 21

Using a vast wealth of data, researchers equip the IUCN to list Critically Endangered sea star

Oregon State University, along with The Nature Conservancy and dozens of conservation groups, led a groundbreaking study that found 90.6% of the species population has been wiped out and estimated as many as 5.75 billion animals died from the disease since the die-off began. Species360 is pleased to be a part of foundational research that is essential to informing species conservation.

16Jan 21

ZIMS for Aquatics: Graphing water changes

ZIMS Environmental Quality graphs 36 water quality measurements, including water temperature, salinity, pH, total alkalinity, ammonia, nitrate, and more. The results give aquarists an efficient way to monitor and review changes over time -- with comparisons between enclosures. Data can be exported for further analysis.

15Jan 21

New Aquarium Members: Meet some of the aquatic institutions curating data as part of Species360

Our aquatics community continues to grow, enabling aquariums to curate and share data essential to animal welfare and species conservation. Twenty aquariums worldwide joined Species360 in 2019 and 2020.

15Jan 21

New in ZIMS! Upload IDEXX test results to each animal’s medical records

Zoo, aquarium, wildlife veterinarians use the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) to record and share information regarding animals in their care. Now, when these veterinary teams send blood samples to IDEXX, they can view and upload the report directly in ZIMS for Medical. Called ZIMS Test Result Upload, the new feature reduces manual data entry for veterinary staff and improves the accuracy and volume of data used to calculate ZIMS Expected Test Results used by veterinarians to diagnose illness.

05Jan 21