Background Animal-borne biologging has transformed avian ecology by providing fine-scale insights into movement, behaviour, and environmental interactions relevant to conservation, physiology, and wil...

Animal-borne tri-axial accelerometers are increasingly used to investigate animal behaviour and energetics. Critical methodological details, such as device placement and dynamic range, are frequently ...

Biotelemetry networks have transformed our capacity to study the movements and ecology of aquatic animals, yet their development has been geographically uneven over time. While North America and Austr...

Jackal predation costs small-scale sheep farmers heavily, and traditional culling isn’t working. To help, Stellenbosch University researcher Megan le Roux has created an automated biotelemetry sensor system to monitor black-backed jackals and protect livestock.

KOTA KINABALU: A new study on the spatial behaviour and movement patterns of the elusive Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) has reaffirmed calls for the protection and restoration of forest corridors within agricultural landscapes. Dr Benoit Goossens, Director of Danau Girang Field Centre and Professor at Cardiff University, said that the study published in the journal Animal Biotelemetry challenges previous broad spatial models that artificially inflated clouded leopard home ranges into agricultural areas. This proves that oil palm landscapes serve merely as temporary conduits, he said, stressing how this clearly demonstrates that while Sunda clouded leopards can cross human-modified habitats, their survival fundamentally depends on intact, connected forest networks. "Protecting natural forest patches, riparian corridors, and distinct features like ridgelines is non-negotiable if we want to maintain landscape connectivity and social stability for this species," he said. “The study echoes an urgent call for land managers and policymakers in Sabah and across Southeast Asia to prioritise the protection and restoration of forest corridors within agricultural landscapes,” said Goossens, who is one of the authors of the journal. Speaking about the study conducted by an international team of researchers, he said fieldwork was done by combining high-resolution Global Positioning System (GPS)...

Abstract. The early days of animal tagging and tracking using electronic tags were largely restricted to biologists who were electronics hobbyists capable

Background Fine-scale studies of juvenile shark ecology remain limited because existing tags are often too large or invasive to be deployed on sharks <2 m length. Consequently, high-resolution…

Background Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) are able to endure drastic seasonal variations in ambient temperature. Many endotherms in these conditions utilize heterothermy (e.g., torpor) to ...