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That antenna was first turned on about two years ago, “but there were some glitches with the power-supply and the computer, so we had to bring it down again with a Russian rocket, then transport it from Moscow to Germany to fix it,” said Martin Wikelski, director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, whose scientific team is honing the technology. After “the usual troubleshooting for space science," the antenna was turned back on this spring. As researchers deploy precision tags, Wikelski envisions the development of “an ‘Internet of animals’ — a collection of sensors ...

A new antenna on the International Space Station and receptors on the Argos satellite are allowing scientists to remotely monitor small animal and songbird...

With new technological advances, including smaller, lighter tracking chips, scientists can tag a larger variety of bird species. The data from these tags, which can be retrieved without re-capture, may solve mysteries about migratory patterns and population decline.

Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud is leading a campaign to rehabilitate her country’s image after blows such as the 2018 slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and Riyadh’s involvement in the war in Yemen — and the loss of close ally Donald Trump as president.

June 10, 2021 Share TAKOMA PARK, Md. — A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, then plucks a cicada from the ground for a snack. Ecologist Emily Williams watches through binoculars from behind a bush. On this clear spring day, she’s snooping on his dating life. “Now I’m watching to see whether he’s found a mate,” she said, scrutinizing his interactions with another robin in a nearby tree. Once the bird moves on at season’s end, she’ll rely on the backpack to beam frequent location data to the Argos satelli...