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WILDER INSTITUTE SHOWCASES HUMAN-CENTERED CONSERVATION AT GLOBAL IUCN CONGRESS
Tuesday October 7, 20257 OCTOBER 2025 (Calgary, AB) – In just a few days, the Wilder Institute will join conservation leaders from around the world at the IUCN World Conservation Congress (the ‘Congress’)...
BURROWING OWLS TAKE FLIGHT: HEAD-STARTING SUPPORTS A NEW GENERATION
Thursday October 2, 20252 OCTOBER 2025 (Calgary, AB) – The small, sandy-coloured head of an owl peeks cautiously out of a burrow, eyes wide and alert as the prairie sun warms the grasslands....
MAKING CANADA WILDER: WILDER VOICES SPEAKER SERIES KICKS OFF THIS OCTOBER
Thursday September 25, 202525 SEPTEMBER 2025 (Calgary, AB) – Across Canada, forests, wetlands, rivers, and grasslands are more than beautiful backdrops—they are living systems that clean our air, filter our water, provide refuge...
Conservation Connections: Reflections from Nigeria
Thursday August 28, 2025This month, we caught up with Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Senior Scientist, Wildlife Conservation at the Wilder Institute, following his recent trip to Nigeria. For the past few years, the...
WILDER INSTITUTE AND MAGNETAWAN FIRST NATION UNITE TO PROTECT ONTARIO’S AT-RISK TURTLES
Tuesday August 19, 202519 AUGUST 2025 (Calgary, AB) – In the stillness of an August day, along the shores of Magnetawan First Nation in Ontario, a small midland painted turtle hatchling slipped into...
HOPE UNDERGROUND: A PROMISING STEP FORWARD FOR ONE OF CANADA’S RAREST MAMMALS
Thursday August 7, 20257 AUGUST 2025 (Calgary, AB) – High-pitched squeaks echo through the Vancouver Island marmot facility at the Wilder Institute’s Archibald Biodiversity Centre (ABC) — subtle signals of something extraordinary: new...