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Need a hand with ZIMS? The Help Menu just got better!

Whether you’re a seasoned ZIMS expert or just getting started, we’ve made it easier to find the answers you’re looking for. We’ve given the ZIMS Help Menu a makeover, with a fresh new look and improved user interface. And, more excitingly, we’ve added AI Language support so that you can get the ZIMS help you need in the language of your choice.

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New in ZIMS for Husbandry and Aquatics – Provisional Updates

Blog / Weighing an echidna. Credit: Sarah Lavin. At Species360, we’re committed to continuously improving the ZIMS platform to make it easier, faster, and more efficient for our members to manage vital animal data. As part of our ongoing modernization efforts, we’re excited to announce the launch of a new provisional data approval process in

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ZIMS in Research: How Growth Data is Helping Save the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake

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. 

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ZIMS in Research: Are Zoo and Aquarium Populations Becoming Smaller and Less Diverse? AZA Researchers Use ZIMS Data to Uncover Trends

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

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New in ZIMS for Husbandry and Aquatics: Making it easier to record and share information about enclosures and life support systems

Blog / Working in collaboration with our members, Species360 continues to simplify and improve the way that aquarium and zoo professionals use the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) to share vital information about the animals and enclosures in their care. These updates reflect our commitment to making ZIMS more intuitive and efficient—whether you’re monitoring aquatic

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ZIMS in Conservation Research: Optimizing zoo and aquarium resources to further the IUCN One Plan Approach

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.

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