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A Fragile Ecosystem on the Edge: Safeguarding the Limestone Barrens of Newfoundland

Thursday October 9, 2025
Vast, windswept, and rocky— Newfoundland’s limestone barrens can feel like you’re on the edge of...
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Featured WILDER INSTITUTE SHOWCASES HUMAN-CENTERED CONSERVATION AT GLOBAL IUCN CONGRESS Tuesday October 7, 2025
7 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’)...
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Featured BURROWING OWLS TAKE FLIGHT: HEAD-STARTING SUPPORTS A NEW GENERATION Thursday October 2, 2025
2 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....
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Featured MAKING CANADA WILDER: WILDER VOICES SPEAKER SERIES KICKS OFF THIS OCTOBER Thursday September 25, 2025
25 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...
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Head-Starting Burrowing Owls for a Wild Future

Monday July 21, 2025

We sat down with Graham Dixon-MacCallum, a Conservation Research Population Ecologist at the Wilder Institute who leads our burrowing owl head-starting conservation program. Burrowing owls are small, long-legged owls that...

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Inside the Wilder Institute Whooping Crane Conservation Breeding Program

Monday April 7, 2025

Amid North America’s wetlands, the whooping crane stands as a symbol of resilience. Towering at 1.5 meters with a wingspan stretching over two meters, this striking bird is impossible to...

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Reflecting on 2024: A Year in Conservation

Monday March 10, 2025

Reflecting on 2024: A Year in Conservation 2024 was a remarkable year filled with milestones, collaborations, and advancements in wildlife conservation. We are deeply grateful for your unwavering support, which...

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Reflections on a Trip to Kenya

Friday November 29, 2024

This month, we sat down with Dr. Typhenn Brichieri-Colombi, Senior Manager of Conservation Programs at the Wilder Institute, who recently returned from an 18-day trip to Kenya. 

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A Journey Through the Seasons: Vancouver Island Marmots at the Wilder Institute

Tuesday November 19, 2024

Found only on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, the Vancouver Island marmot is one of the most endangered mammals in the world. Just two decades ago, fewer than 30 remained...

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Making Leaps for the Northern Leopard Frog

Wednesday October 30, 2024

Between May and August, with the support of our partners from the British Columbia Northern Leopard Frog Recovery Team, we released 6,127 tadpoles and 18 frogs at the Cherry Meadows/Sparrowhawk...

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