Leading global conservation efforts to build a future where people and wildlife thrive, together.
The Wilder Institute brings together conservation, animal care, and public engagement within a single, connected organization built to deliver action for wildlife. Through science, partnerships, and community-led initiatives, we help conserve endangered species and safeguard the places that people and wildlife share. One Wild Future is our five-year strategic plan. It reflects our shared purpose, and bold vision guiding our work toward lasting impact.
We work to protect and recover species through applied conservation in Canada and around the world.
Using evidence-based approaches, we combine cutting-edge science with Indigenous and local knowledge to better understand and address urgent biodiversity challenges.
We partner with communities, land stewards, and local leaders to develop solutions that strengthen wildlife populations and support local livelihoods.
Conservation happens in many places — in the field across landscapes and in everyday moments of connection between people and wildlife.
Wildlife experiences with real-world impact
When you experience extraordinary animals up close at the Wilder Institute’s Calgary Zoo, you’re also helping support conservation efforts that protect species in Canada and around the world. Every visit contributes to species recovery programs, research, and habitat protection rooted in a strong Alberta conservation legacy.
Supporting species recovery behind the scenes
At the Wilder Institute’s Archibald Biodiversity Centre, scientists and animal care experts work to help endangered species recover through conservation breeding, research, and reintroduction. Home to species like Vancouver Island marmots, burrowing owls, and whooping cranes, the centre helps give wildlife a stronger chance of survival while advancing knowledge that supports species recovery around the world.
Advancing solutions for species recovery
The first of its kind in Canada, Wilder Institute’s Centre for Species Survival (CSS) Human Dimensions integrates science, Indigenous knowledge, and community perspectives to support healthy wildlife populations while strengthening human livelihoods. As part of a global network addressing urgent conservation challenges, this work helps strengthen solutions for wildlife, ecosystems, and the communities connected to them.
Scaling conservation impact across Canada
This action plan is our response to restoring Canada’s at-risk species through hands-on conservation action, including targeted conservation translocations and recovery efforts for species that need direct intervention to survive.
From whooping cranes to burrowing owls, every species plays a role in the health of ecosystems we all depend on. Discover the wildlife at the heart of our work.
From species recovery to ecosystem restoration, our programs focus on the species, places, and communities where action matters most, and the communities whose futures are bound together with theirs. Lasting change only happens when people and wildlife move forward together.
Discover the latest conservation stories, initiatives, and events happening across our work.
For nearly 40 years, the Wilder Institute has driven meaningful conservation outcomes where they matter most, from species recovery to ecosystem restoration.
There are many ways to support conservation and help create one wild future.
Work alongside the Wilder Institute to advance conservation through shared expertise, collaboration, and action.
Join a growing community connected through a shared passion for wildlife and the natural world.
