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Miss Universe Great Britain 2023 Visits Wildlife SOS!
It was no regular day for Wildlife SOS, and our team and staff went above and beyond to ensure that no stone was left unturned. India is a land where guests are greeted with utmost love and respect. The air was filled with excitement as our team in Mathura gathered to warmly welcome Jessica Page,…
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Animal Grantmakers Host Conference in Philadelphia
Credit: Animal Grantmakers Animal Grantmakers, a group of philanthropic funders focused on protecting and enabling the wellbeing of all animals, will convene its members, other peer funders, grantees and other experts, and leaders of animal and environmental protection organizations from Sunday, October 22 to Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at the Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square.…
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Proposed coyote, trapping rules draw hunters and wildlife advocates to Statehouse hearing
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – After years of attempting to overhaul coyote hunting regulations in Vermont, the public on Thursday had the opportunity to weigh in on the proposed rule changes at a Statehouse hearing. It’s an emotional debate decades in the making that tries to strike a balance between the state’s hunting traditions and animal…
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Animals crossing: watch out for wildlife on B.C.’s roads – Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal
British Columbia is known for its wildlife, and 11,000 wildlife-related collisions happen every year, according to the Wildlife Collision Prevention Program (WCPP), with almost 900 people injured in 2020. On average, wildlife-related collisions kill four people in B.C. each year, with 6,100 animals recorded as killed (it’s estimated that as many as 18,000 annual animal…
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Wildlife Poop Is the Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of
Credit: London Ladd Advertisement <div class="article-block article-text" data-behavior="newsletter_promo dfp_article_rendering" data-dfp-adword="Advertisement" data-newsletterpromo_article-text=" Sign up for Scientific American’s free newsletters. ” data-newsletterpromo_article-image=”https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/4641809D-B8F1-41A3-9E5A87C21ADB2FD8_source.png” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-text=”Sign Up” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-link=”https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/newsletter-sign-up/?origincode=2018_sciam_ArticlePromo_NewsletterSignUp” name=”articleBody” itemprop=”articleBody”> NONFICTION Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World by Joe Roman Little, Brown Spark, 2023 ($30) Looking across the Serengeti at herds of honking wildebeest, most of us would…
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Fidalgo Island wildlife preserve appeals ruling denying it permit to house certain animals
An Anacortes-area animal preserve has appealed a ruling that denied it a permit to own certain “potentially dangerous animals.” In its appeal to the Skagit County Board of Commissioners, Because We Matter — formerly Predators of the Heart — argues the county hearing examiner inaccurately determined the organization does not meet the legal requirements of…
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Ben Goldfarb is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, National Geographic, the New York Times, and many other publications. His writing has also been anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing. He is a recipient of fellowships from the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Whiting Foundation. Below, Ben shares…
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On the prowl for big cats in Belize
Sitting on the damp, jungle floor in western Belize during yet another brutally hot and humid day, David Lugo began adjusting a digital single-lens reflex camera. He crawled on all fours toward the front of the camera to test it when he saw a subtle movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned…
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Special events at Winston’s Wildlife Safari to celebrate Halloween
WINSTON, Ore. — Wildlife Safari has been hosting a variety of events this month to not only bring awareness to their animals but to bring the community closer together. Boos and Brews was their most recent event bringing in older audiences to experience a spooky atmosphere with their wildlife. Now, the Safari is setting up…
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Protecting Plants and Animals at Risk Must Start before They Need the Endangered Species Act
Texas wild rice has been on the endangered species list since 1978. Its habitat is shrinking because of development and water availability. Credit: © Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark Advertisement <div class="article-block article-text" data-behavior="newsletter_promo dfp_article_rendering" data-dfp-adword="Advertisement" data-newsletterpromo_article-text=" Sign up for Scientific American’s free newsletters. ” data-newsletterpromo_article-image=”https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/4641809D-B8F1-41A3-9E5A87C21ADB2FD8_source.png” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-text=”Sign Up” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-link=”https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/newsletter-sign-up/?origincode=2018_sciam_ArticlePromo_NewsletterSignUp” name=”articleBody” itemprop=”articleBody”> In the 1950s and…
