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March 10, 2022

Conserving Rhinos And Africa’s Other Wildlife

In the latest episode of Higher Calling Wildlife® we talk with Adrian Donian of Buffalo Kloof Conservancy in South Africa about their amazing conservation work involving everything from white and black rhinos to cheetahs. Joining us […]
March 9, 2022

Study Finds Widespread Lead Poisoning In Eagles

A first-of-its-kind, eight-year study has found widespread and frequent lead poisoning in North American bald and golden eagles impacting both species’ populations. The paper, “Demographic Implications of Lead Poisoning for Eagles Across North America,” was published in the journal Science. Led by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation Science […]
March 9, 2022

Panel Releases Findings On Bastrop Wildfire

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) released the findings of an independent panel reviewing the circumstances and cause of an escaped prescribed fire at Bastrop State Park. The findings of the review, also known as […]
February 23, 2022

Partnering For Desert Bighorns

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund have provided help for a desert bighorn sheep guzzler project. Why a water guzzler? Nevada is the driest state in the nation. By the January 29, 2022, project date, this […]
February 10, 2022

Scientists Find What Great Whites Fear

Research from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and partner institutions published in Nature Scientific Reports challenges the notion that great white sharks are the most formidable predators in the ocean. The study “Killer Whales Redistribute White Shark […]
February 10, 2022

Tiger Comeback Shows Hope

As we enter the 2022 Year of the Tiger, World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) latest report on tiger conservation highlights that a century-long trend of wild tiger decline has finally been reversed — a rare and hard-fought […]
February 9, 2022

Trout Unlimited Praises New Bill

A bipartisan bill that would help address the chronic problem of pollution leaking from abandoned hardrock mines was introduced today in the U.S. Senate. Lead bill sponsors Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Senator James Risch (R-ID) […]
February 8, 2022

Group Aids Elk Migration Mapping

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation provided $180,000 in funding from its Torstenson Family Endowment to help continue critical elk migration corridor mapping across the West. The grant to the University of Wyoming assists west-wide corridor mapping […]
February 2, 2022

Records Fall For Sheep Conservation

The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) recently concluded its 45th convention, Sheep Week®, with record amounts raised again for wild sheep conservation. At this premier event for raising dedicated funding for state, provincial, territorial, and tribal wildlife […]
February 1, 2022

Tracking Eastern Turkeys

A cutting-edge study to examine the lives of Eastern wild turkeys has crossed the Sabine River from Louisiana into East Texas. Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers with the cooperation of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department […]