Good Websites for Zoological Research

Indlovu

Indlovu

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This probably should be in the 'Zoo Websites' boards. But I doubt many people go round there, and seeing how many 'how many zoos in [insert country/continent here] have [insert species here]', I thought it'd be handy to post some good links for finding info. So I'll get started with some handy links:
ISIS - The international species information system. Search up a species by common name or latin name, and find out which zoos in the world keep it.
Zootierliste - Similar idea to ISIS.

Please add more links!
 
Just to add a few more websites:

ARKive - discover the world's most endangered species - ARKive: A website which includes a great amount of information, photos, videos etc. on hundreds of species across the globe.

IUCN - Home - The International Union for Conservation of Nature: Im sure many of you are aware of the IUCN Red List. This website also includes many news articles and resources page.

EDIT: I also vote that this thread become a sticky. As more websites and links are added, this could be a valuable resource here on Zoochat.
 
Looks like time for a bump.

I often find the CITES identification manuals useful; they're designed to help distinguish listed species, and are intended to be quite simple. Many species don't have sheets, and some information is outdated, but anyone can register to edit it.

CITES Wiki Identification Manual
 
haz_cat said:
Zootierliste - Similar idea to ISIS.
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Zootierliste is by far the most reliable source on the web for European zoo stocklists but it is worth noting that it does only cover Europe - so it won't give you worldwide holdings.

However, for European zoos it has a number of advantages over ISIS - it's much quicker to update, covers more collections and allows you to search by zoo as well as by species.
 
Paix said:
Just to add a few more websites:

ARKive - discover the world's most endangered species - ARKive: A website which includes a great amount of information, photos, videos etc. on hundreds of species across the globe.
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Always loved the ARKive website and even had a few of my photographs feature on the site. Unfortunately I received an email that the site will be taken down after February 15th, 2019. Very unfortunate news!
 
Giant Eland said:
Always loved the ARKive website and even had a few of my photographs feature on the site. Unfortunately I received an email that the site will be taken down after February 15th, 2019. Very unfortunate news!
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What?! Did they give a reason?!?
 
TinoPup said:
What?! Did they give a reason?!?
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Here was the email:

"
Dear Arkive media donor,


Arkive launched in 2003 and with the kind support of over 7,000 media donors like you, together we have helped over half a million people every year, from over 200 countries, learn and discover the wonders of the natural world. Together we created over 16,000 multimedia fact files about some of the world’s most endangered species.


However, as a small conservation charity, Wildscreen can no longer financially sustain the ongoing costs of keeping Arkive free and online or invest in its much needed development. Year on year it has become ever more challenging to raise the required funds to keep Arkive living, breathing and growing, and though we have many loyal followers, the number of website visitors has halved over the past 5 years.


Therefore, we have had to make the very hard decision to take the www.arkive.org website offline on 15 February 2019.


While it’s sad to say goodbye, we will be focusing all our energy on our core charity, Wildscreen, ensuring that we continue to support our global community of natural world storytellers, year-round, and more than ever before.


Thank you for supporting Arkive with your imagery and helping us to share the amazing species that make our natural world so incredible with our audience.


The Wildscreen Trustees."
 
That's so sad, it's such an amazing website :( I look something up on there nearly daily. Guess I better start downloading all of the photos I can, especially since they have the photographers' names on them!

Interesting date choice though, 2 other websites I occasionally visit are shutting down the same day, for the same given reason.
 
Giant Eland said:
Here was the email:

"
Dear Arkive media donor,


Arkive launched in 2003 and with the kind support of over 7,000 media donors like you, together we have helped over half a million people every year, from over 200 countries, learn and discover the wonders of the natural world. Together we created over 16,000 multimedia fact files about some of the world’s most endangered species.


However, as a small conservation charity, Wildscreen can no longer financially sustain the ongoing costs of keeping Arkive free and online or invest in its much needed development. Year on year it has become ever more challenging to raise the required funds to keep Arkive living, breathing and growing, and though we have many loyal followers, the number of website visitors has halved over the past 5 years.


Therefore, we have had to make the very hard decision to take the www.arkive.org website offline on 15 February 2019.


While it’s sad to say goodbye, we will be focusing all our energy on our core charity, Wildscreen, ensuring that we continue to support our global community of natural world storytellers, year-round, and more than ever before.


Thank you for supporting Arkive with your imagery and helping us to share the amazing species that make our natural world so incredible with our audience.


The Wildscreen Trustees."
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Is there something that prevents them from start putting cookies at least in the Arkive website? Seems totally fair and definitely better than having to save arkive.org in archive.org
 
Giant Eland said:
Here was the email:

"
Dear Arkive media donor,


Arkive launched in 2003 and with the kind support of over 7,000 media donors like you, together we have helped over half a million people every year, from over 200 countries, learn and discover the wonders of the natural world. Together we created over 16,000 multimedia fact files about some of the world’s most endangered species.


However, as a small conservation charity, Wildscreen can no longer financially sustain the ongoing costs of keeping Arkive free and online or invest in its much needed development. Year on year it has become ever more challenging to raise the required funds to keep Arkive living, breathing and growing, and though we have many loyal followers, the number of website visitors has halved over the past 5 years.


Therefore, we have had to make the very hard decision to take the www.arkive.org website offline on 15 February 2019.


While it’s sad to say goodbye, we will be focusing all our energy on our core charity, Wildscreen, ensuring that we continue to support our global community of natural world storytellers, year-round, and more than ever before.


Thank you for supporting Arkive with your imagery and helping us to share the amazing species that make our natural world so incredible with our audience.


The Wildscreen Trustees."
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How sad. :( One of my favorite websites.

I agree, why not just run ads? It's totally fair.
 
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