John Towey / Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society A Florida zoo team recently traveled to Zimbabwe after they were asked to help a white rhino suffering from a parasitic eye infection. They came up with a “ridiculous idea” to corral the wild animal, earn its trust as if it were a horse or dog, … Read more
– credit SeaWorld Orlando, released On February 9th, SeaWorld in Orlando received a call that there was an exhausted manatee stuck in a storm drain that needed immediate help. Arriving on scene, rescuers quickly confirmed that the juvenile male had entered a storm drain and didn’t know how to escape. Crews had to break through … Read more
A blooming cactus in the National Park of the Llanos in Chile’s Atacama Desert – credit Kelly Mella via Unsplash Amid the scorching/freezing desert of Atacama in Chile, one of South America’s largest botanical storehouses aims to protect both the wild and cultivated heritage of the country’s plant life. Called the Initihuasi Seed Bank, this … Read more
Releasing a green and golden bell frog back in the wild – Credit: University of Canberra This beautiful amphibian is being reintroduced to wetlands around Australia’s capital of Canberra after suffering a population collapse due to chytrid fungus. Called the green and golden bell frog, these animals were bred in captivity and will be released … Read more
A red-necked ostrich – credit, Shlomi Chetrit via PikiWiki Israel CC 2.5 If you pull out a world map to see where you could find some space to stick a few endangered species without the risk of bothering human settlements, the Arabian Peninsula comes to mind as an obvious location. With virtually the entire population … Read more
Panna Tiger Reserve Conservation in India successfully doubled the native population of tigers in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reveals. In 2010, the nations that make up the remaining range countries of the tiger set a target to double the number of wild tigers worldwide—a goal called Tx2—10 at the St. … Read more
A Fish and Wildlife Service biologist holds a handful of endangered Topeka shiners – credit, Kimberly Emerson / USFWS Across Iowa, a tiny fish has inspired an enormous conservation program that has seen hundreds of ponds restored to their natural state. Though originally for the sake of this small federally-endangered fish, the lakelets soon demonstrated … Read more
Schatborn, Peter. “Young Lion Resting” (2017). In The Leiden Collection Catalogue, 4th ed. via Sotheby’s Yesterday, Sotheby’s oversaw the record $18 million sale of a drawing by Rembrandt: one of 6 drafts he made of lions, and the only one to have resided in private hands. Those hands belong to Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan and … Read more
Bani getting alternative medicine treatment – Photo © Wildlife SOS The largest wildlife rescue organization in India has started using acupuncture to help elephants recover from chronic pain, nerve damage, and mobility issues after their years of captivity or hard labor. Their veterinary team sought training in alternative medicine so the techniques could be used … Read more
Copyright Knepp Wildland Birdwatchers can’t believe what’s been appearing through their binoculars on a small landholding in West Sussex, England, where the nation’s premier rewilding project continues to compound on its already staggering achievements. The Knepp Estate has increased the number of breeding birds from just 55 individuals of 22 species in 2007, to 559 … Read more