Nearly 700 frozen bats nursed back to health after surviving chilly weather
More than 700 wild bats were released in the Houston, Texas area after undergoing about one week of rehabilitation from exposure to frigid temperatures. The Houston Humane Society and Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition announced the Mexican free-tailed bats were released back to their colony under the city’s Waugh Drive bridge.
Milestone set in rescue effort for nearly extinct bird in Wisconsin
The year 2022 proved to become a beacon year for helping peregrine falcons flourish in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) and We Energies celebrated the 400th falcon chick to be born at one of their Wisconsin power plants this year. This remarkable milestone for a bird that was once nearly extinct is noted in the […]
‘The closest humans come to being a fish’: how scuba is pushing new limits
In between the sunlit shallows and the dark, deep ocean lies an inky realm where few people have ever been. Stretching from about 30 to 150 metres, the mesophotic zone (meaning “middle light”) is an awkward depth. It lies just beyond the reach of regular scuba divers and it’s usually what aquanauts inside multimillion-dollar submersibles […]
Adorable sea lions gather at Ventura County beach, deliver joy to spectators
California sea lions gathered on the sand at Kiddie Beach in Oxnard, delivering joy to spectators who stopped to watch despite the rain coming down. Some sea lions dashed toward the ocean when the rain started falling, but most stayed on the sand to the delight of onlookers.
How rehoming wildlife from rhinos to bison can revive threatened species
Classified as “near threatened” by the IUCN, numbers of white rhino are declining across Africa, mainly because of poaching. The recent arrival of numerous babies in Akagera suggests the mission to create a new rhino haven is on track. Wildlife translocations are used to reintroduce a species to a location where they have gone locally […]
Roadkill Facts
Roadkill is an animal or animals that have been struck and killed by drivers of motor vehicles on highways. Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC) have increasingly been the topic of academic research to understand the causes, and how it can be mitigated. Essentially non-existent before the advent of mechanized transport, roadkill is associated with increasing automobile speed […]
Historic biodiversity agreement reached at UN conference
Negotiators reached a historic deal at a U.N. biodiversity conference that would represent the most significant effort to protect the world’s lands and oceans and provide critical financing to save biodiversity in the developing world. The global framework comes on the day the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or COP15, is set to end in Montreal.
New York bans pet stores from selling cats, dogs, and rabbits
New York became the latest state to ban the sale of cats, dogs, and rabbits in pet stores in an attempt to target commercial breeding operations decried by critics as puppy mills. The new law, which was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and takes effect in 2024, lets pet shops work instead with shelters to […]
Remembering Mark and Peter Jenkins
The world lost two of its greatest guardians this week. On 8th December, Mark Jenkins and his son, Peter, died after their plane went down during a patrol of Tsavo East National Park. We are still wrapping our minds around this terrible tragedy. Mark Jenkins was a once-in-a-generation conservationist. He devoted his entire life to […]
Big cats: US Senate unanimously passes bill to curb private ownership
A bill to restrict the private ownership of big cats like lions and tigers in the US has passed by unanimous consent in the Senate. The Big Cat Public Safety Act would stop people from keeping the animals as pets and from them being exposed to public petting and photo opportunities. Efforts to curb private […]
Two shark divers freed 19 sharks from a longline. They’re facing five years in prison
Two years ago, a captain and mate of a Jupiter-based shark diving boat stopped about two miles into their trip taking six tourists out to swim with the apex predators. During the August 2020 charter, they came across a commercial fishing longline—a controversial piece of angling gear consisting of sometimes up to several miles of […]
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