This year’s Species360 Conservation Science Alliance Symposium promises a fascinating line-up of speakers who are leveraging shared global wildlife data from the Species360 Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS), to address critical challenges in wildlife care and conservation.
Knowing how fast an animal grows helps conservationists make better decisions about its care and potential release into the wild. It affects when an animal can breed, how likely it is to survive after release, and how to provide proper care in a zoo setting.
While scientists have studied wild massasauga growth, there hasn’t been much data on how these snakes grow in zoos, until now.
ZIMS in Research: How Growth Data is Helping Save the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Read More »
Blog / Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) researchers are using 50 years of ZIMS data to uncover a decline in species diversity and population size in zoos and aquariums. Dr. Megan Brown, Director of Population Management Strategy at AZA, presented findings at the Species360 Conservation Science Alliance Research Symposium. Learn more about the insights
Blog / Dr. Joy Tripovich and the Taronga Conservation Society are using Species360’s ZIMS to advance Regent Honeyeater conservation—optimizing breeding and release strategies to improve survival outcomes for this critically endangered species. Regent Honeyeater in the Blue Mountains Bushwalk. Photo: Paul Fahy, Taronga Zoo As we prepare for the July 2025 Species360 Conservation Science Alliance
ZIMS in Research: Discovering New Strategies for Regent Honeyeater Conservation Read More »
This post is written by Dr. Thomas Ziegler, Professor, Cologne Zoo, and Herpetology keeper, Anna Rauhaus. Here, the researchers describe the role of Species360 and its member community in contributing to the build-up of the ‘conservation zoo’ as One Plan Approach conservation centres.
