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ZIMS at Work: Cayman Turtle Conservation Centre records vital data and protects vulnerable populations

The Cayman Centre's sea turtle records are maintained using the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS), the world’s largest set of data on species in human care, and stay with the turtle throughout its life. When an individual is released to the wild, it is tagged and the date and location of the release is recorded in ZIMS, along with metrics such as weight and carapace measurements.
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ZIMS at Work: Using ZIMS for Studbooks, Smithsonian scientists discover surprising opportunities to help save an endangered species

In this ZIMS at Work article, we interview Erica Royer, Aviculturist and Red Siskin Consortium Coordinator and Studbook Keeper at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia (United States). Erica shares insights on achieving reproductive success with the endangered Red Siskin, and the impact of using ZIMS for Institutional Studbooks to manage essential information about individual birds, breeding pairs, and hatchlings.
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Welcome! Haus de Natur Aquarium and Reptile Zoo joins Species360

We are pleased to welcome the House of Nature Aquarium and Reptile Zoo, Salzburg, Austria, to the Species360 community. The Aquarium's central 60,000-litre tank is the largest of more than 35 exhibits, each with habitats and species representing tropical coral reefs, the Mediterranean, the waters of Africa, South America, Southeast Asia and the region's local rivers and lakes.
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