Species360 Member News
05Apr 20
Working from home: Granting ZIMS access to team members
Wildlife care and management teams complete data entry in work from home situations, with ZIMS.
read more03Apr 20
Species360 Members: Bronx Zoo reports first case of COVID-19 in an animal in U.S.
Species360 member WCS Bronx Zoo reports first COVID-19 case in Malayan tiger.
read more03Apr 20
Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center Contributes Vital Data As Part of Species360
As a member of Species360, Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center will curate and manage animal care and species information using the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS). More than 100 zoos, aquariums, wildlife refuges, breeding and conservation centers joined Species360 in the past year.
read more02Apr 20
Pat Gives Back: Belize Zoo Adopts A New Records Keeping System with Help from Linda Rohr Bachers
Belize Zoo will contribute vital individual animal and species data to the global Species360 community using ZIMS. The conservation efforts of all our members help to support species around the world.
read more01Apr 20
Science of Populations: Rates at which animals age may have less to do with sex differences (Research)
in the wild, the rate at which animals age may have less to do with their sex than previously believed. New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) demonstrates that while mammalian females live longer than males, sex differences in aging rates are not detected. Next, researchers plan to use data on ex situ populations, such as that curated by Species360 Members using ZIMS, to study evolutionary drivers of sex differences in survival.
read more31Mar 20
ZIMS Sample Storage: An overview of what it does and how it works (Video)
In this video, we take a brief walk through Sample Storage and how it works.
ZIMS for Medical Sample Storage uses a visual interface to help medical staff more efficiently manage biological samples.
By maintaining a link to ZIMS animal records, health status, sample collection details and more, Sample Storage adds detail that can be critical to discovering breakthroughs in animal welfare and species conservation.
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