Tag Archive for 'GPS'

Koala in the wild with a custom-built collar containing a GPS logger and accelerometer. Image credit: Ami Fadhillah Amir Abdul Nasir.

Koalas Spend Only 1% of Their Life on Ground, New Study Reveals

Jul 15, 2025 by News Staff

Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) spend around 10 min per day on the ground, but this ground-time is associated with two-thirds of recorded koala deaths,...

Bista et al. explored how the red panda (Ailurus fulgens), an iconic endangered habitat specialist, behaves when faced with disturbances and habitat fragmentation. Image credit: Damber Bista.

Red Panda is Being Driven Closer to Extinction, New Study Shows

Jun 7, 2022 by News Staff

Using GPS telemetry, scientists from the University of Queensland, the University of Southern Queensland and the Red Panda Network have monitored 10 red...

Paaru, one of the red pandas tracked by the study. Image credit: James Houston, Red Panda Network.

Researchers Use GPS Collars to Track Red Pandas

Jun 14, 2020 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of scientists has conducted a GPS tracking collar study on red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in eastern Nepal. This is the first time...

The Airy meridian marked as the ‘Prime Meridian of the World’ (dotted line), and the modern reference meridian indicating zero longitude using GPS (solid line). Image credit: Google Maps / Infoterra Ltd. / Bluesky.

Scientists Explain Why Greenwich Prime Meridian Moved

Aug 12, 2015 by News Staff

The ‘Prime Meridian’ that’s been running through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, UK, since 1884 is now located 335 feet (102 meters) east of...

Giant panda cub Xiao Liwu and his mother Bai Yun at the San Diego Zoo.

New Study Sheds More Light on Secret Life of Giant Pandas

Mar 28, 2015 by News Staff

A new study, led by Dr Vanessa Hull of the Michigan State University’s Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, has revealed more details on...

Concept of a dark-matter search using atomic clocks; by monitoring time discrepancies between two spatially separated clocks one could search for the passage of topological defects, such as the domain wall pictured here. Image credit: A. Derevianko & M. Pospelov.

GPS Might be Tool in Detecting Mysterious Dark Matter, Physicists Say

Nov 18, 2014 by News Staff

Two physicists – Dr Maxim Pospelov from the University of Victoria and Prof Andrei Derevianko of the University of Nevada, Reno – have proposed...