Species360 Member News
01Dec 21
January 26 Webinar: “Future of Aquariums / Europe” will share visitor research from Impacts Academy
Mark your calendar for January 26, 2022, to attend our next webinar on Aquarium Trends, presented by Impacts Experience. The Impacts team presented all-new post-pandemic research in 2021, and will shift its focus to European audiences for this special webinar. Impacts helps aquariums, museums, and zoos to develop business and audience engagement strategies based on actionable data.
30Nov 21
Supporting Animal Welfare: 7 New features make it easier for institutions to record and share data
In case you missed it! Here are recent enhancements to ZIMS for Care and Welfare. Using feedback from our members, we implemented improvements that make it easier and faster to track animal welfare, model processes for peer teams, and more quickly rollout templates designed for each species.
10Jun 21
Webinar: “A unique moment in time” and what it means for aquariums
Being good at your mission is more important than ever for aquariums' financial sustainability, according to new research shared in the Future Aquarium Trends webinar and panel discussion hosted this week by Species360. The tighter connection between mission and revenue is one of several important consumer research findings presented by Impacts Experience, a team that helps executives at cultural institutions like aquariums, museums, and zoos to develop business and audience engagement strategies based on actionable data.
01Feb 21
What’s New in ZIMS – sorted by husbandry, care and welfare, medical, studbooks, and more
Catching up? Here is a look at recent news and updates, including new features and what other zoo and aquatics teams are using them. Choose by category: ZIMS for MedicalZIMS…
01Dec 20
Community: Learn about Species360 members
Follow news about the Species360 member community here, including new members, members leading conservation programs, and how scientists and care teams use ZIMS in their daily work. For updates on…
01Dec 21
Photo Ark: Joel Sartore images featured in ZIMS
There is a new look on the ZIMS login and desktop screens, featuring images by famed wildlife photographer Joel Sartore. As founder of the Photo Ark, a 25-year effort by National Geographic to photograph every species in human care around the globe, Joel is an increasingly more familiar face among conservationists and educators. He often visits zoos and aquariums as he photographs individual animals representing their species.
01Dec 21
10-12 December: ZIMS is Read-Only while we upgrade servers
We plan to upgrade our ZIMS servers the weekend of 10-12 December. This is a large and important update, and unlike our monthly server updates or our bi-weekly ZIMS version…
29Nov 21
Growth: Species360 community expands to 101 countries
New member in Malta extends the Species360 member community to 101 countries. As a global nonprofit, Species360 facilitates international collaboration in recording and sharing essential data on species.
27Nov 21
Member Support: Congratulations Erika on your 10th Anniversary with Species360!
Congratulations to Erika Fronk on her 10th anniversary with Species360! As a Member Support Advocate, Erika directly supports more than 270 association and institutional members, including regional associations World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), Zoo and Aquarium Association - Australasia (ZAA), and more. In 2021, Erika handled nearly 1,800 questions and help requests from our members.