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Notable Women in Zoos, Aquariums, and Wildlife Conservation

Blog / Women have played a critical role in shaping wildlife conservation, veterinary medicine, and animal care across zoos, aquariums, and global conservation efforts. From groundbreaking field research to advancing animal welfare, policy, and data-driven science, their contributions have helped define how we understand and protect species today. This Women’s History Month, we recognize a

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ZIMS in Research: 150 Years of Data Show Sustained Survival Gains for Big Cats in Zoo Care

A new study published in the journal Biological Conservation used data from the Species360 Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) to examine life expectancy and lifespan equality in big cat species living in zoological facilities.

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Managing Complex Animal Populations With Animal Management Systems

Blog / Complex animal populations expose every weakness in an institution’s records, workflows, and decision-making. Simple operations can tolerate inconsistency for longer than they should. Complex populations cannot. As soon as an organisation manages multiple species, varied life stages, shifting group compositions, treatment histories, transfers, reproductive planning, and location changes at scale, informal methods begin

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Governance Frameworks for Animal Management Systems

Blog / Most institutions think about animal management systems as operational tools first. That is understandable, but incomplete. At any serious level of organisational maturity, the system is also a governance asset. It shapes how data is controlled, who has authority, how decisions are documented, how standards are maintained, and how the institution protects continuity

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Scaling Animal Programs Using Centralised Animal Management Systems

Blog / Scaling an animal program is usually described as a growth challenge. In reality, it is a systems challenge. More animals, more locations, more staff, more reporting, more specialist workflows, and more strategic expectations do not just increase workload. They multiply coordination complexity. If the organisation is still operating through fragmented records, informal processes,

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Integrating Animal Management Systems With External Platforms

Blog / An animal management system that cannot connect to the wider institutional stack eventually becomes a bottleneck. That is the uncomfortable truth many organisations discover too late. At first, a standalone system appears sufficient. It stores animal records, supports core workflows, and gives teams a structured place to work. But as operations mature, the

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How Animal Management Systems Support Organisation-Wide Oversight

Blog / Animal care becomes harder, more expensive, and riskier the moment information stops moving cleanly across an organisation. That is the core operational problem animal management systems are built to solve. In many institutions, data still lives in departmental silos. Husbandry teams hold daily care notes in one place. Veterinary teams document treatments elsewhere.

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Announcing the 3rd Annual Species360 Conservation Science Alliance Research Symposium – Call for Abstracts Now Open

Blog / We are excited to announce that the call for abstracts is now open for the 3rd Annual Species360 Conservation Science Alliance Research Symposium! This annual event brings together conservationists and researchers from around the world to share insights and innovative approaches to global wildlife care and conservation. The free online event will showcase

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