Species360 Member News

07Jul 21

Member Focus: Germany’s Wuppertal Zoo contributes essential data for more than 800 species

Wuppertal Zoo is one of the largest contributors of husbandry and medical information used to better understand and care for wildlife. Curators, animal care, and aquatic experts use Species360 ZIMS (the Zoological Information Management System), to enter over 150,000 husbandry and medical records for more than 800 Species.

06Jul 21

Conservation: Researchers use ZIMS data to discover differences in tiger sub-species

By analyzing ZIMS data for more than 9,200 zoo-based tigers, researchers found differences in reproductive and survival parameters that could influence conservation strategies. In particular, they looked at sub‐species and sex‐specific variability of survival and reproductive parameters with age.

05Jul 21

Welcome! Frands Carlsen joins Species360 as Member Advocate

We are delighted to announce that Frands Carlsen has joined our Species360 Member Support and Training team as a Member Advocate. In this role, Frands will work directly with member institutions, helping them to achieve their animal care and collection management goals with ZIMS for Husbandry, ZIMS for Medical, and ZIMS for Studbooks.

01Jul 21