An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

Breakthroughs in tagging technology are opening a window into the lives of smelt and other small swimmers—a shift some scientists say could transform our understanding of the underwater world’s more ...

Tracking units on the shell of a wood turtle. The tracking information these GPS units collect is used to understand how wood turtles move throughout the year. Image credit: Smithsonian's Movement of ...

A global project that tracks wildlife via satellites has resumed operations after a hiatus of three years. Project ICARUS, which aims to create the “internet of animals,” capitalizes on advances in ...

The University of Florida (UF) is employing an RFID system to track thousands of rodents housed for research and experimentation. The college had been testing and expanding the system for the past ...

Rock faces in Namibia are decorated with hundreds of stone-age images not only of animals and human footprints, but also of animal tracks. These have been largely neglected to date as researchers ...

A worldwide sensor network allows for tracking of animals on their journeys. National Geographic’s “Incredible Animal Journeys” follows these great quests. An inside look at the “Incredible Animal ...

For biologists around the world, the invention of small, portable acoustic, radio and satellite tracking tags has revolutionized their understanding of where animals go and how they live. But ...