Marine Mammal Longevity Study Reveals Remarkable Advances in Animal Welfare
A new study provides compelling evidence that animal care and management practices at zoos and aquariums have significantly improved over time.
Species360 Insights: Researchers recommend One Plan Approach for species endemic to Vietnam
On left: A Truong Son pit viper or Quang Binh pit viper (Trimeresurus truongsonensis), an endangered snake found in Vietnam. Excerpt: "A Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) analysis revealed that 22.5% (n = 109) of all reptiles occurring in Vietnam…
ZIMS in Research: EAZA highlights the power of data recorded and shared by zoos and aquariums
EAZA members and other like-minded zoos and aquariums have been curating and sharing data on species for nearly half a century. The result, the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) managed by nonprofit Species360, is one of the world's largest datasets on species.
The CEO Blog: The Species360 Insights Program – Advancing Scientific Research and Knowledge on Species
Learn more about the Species360 Research Partner Program and how it is helping researchers gain critical insights into species through the unique data set in ZIMS.
Meet the Women in Science behind the Species360 Conservation Science Alliance
Meet the inspirational women behind the Species360 Conservation Science Alliance.
Conservation Research: Sustaining Flamingo Populations May Require Larger Flocks
New research used ZIMS data to analyze factors that can influence reproductive success in flamingos.
ZIMS at Work: University of Chicago researchers access data essential to immunology studies
University of Chicago researchers will use data aggregated across global populations of animals to study immunology in species of mammals. In particular, they will look at baseline neutrophil concentrations published in the Species360 Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) to summarize order-level parameter values that approximate the magnitude of constitutive immunity across diverse mammalian taxa.
Species360 CEO Blog: The Critical Role of Sharing Data for Conservation and Animal Care
Przewalski's horses are an iconic species that zoos have helped save from extinction. At Species360, we believe data and data sharing are critical to conservation science. Jim Guenter, Species360 CEO. As a global non-profit organization, Species360 and our nearly 1,300…
Turtle and Tortoise Study Coverage Goes Global
From Costa Rica to Papua New Guinea, Species360 members have been featured in more than 100 news articles this summer - in national, regional, and local news and via their own newsletters and blogs. The topic: the role of each institution in recording and sharing data used to study aging in species. These articles are the result of a press release reporting Species360 members' part in research conducted by the Conservation Science Alliance and published in Science magazine.
New Study: Turtles and Tortoises Challenge Evolutionary Theories of Aging
Data from the Species360 Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) has enabled researchers from the Species360 Conservation Science Alliance and the University of Southern Denmark to investigate evolutionary aging theories in tortoises and turtles.