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Wilder Canada Action Plan: Pioneering Species-Specific Conservation Translocations for Federal Species-at-Risk
Wednesday February 14, 2024In Canada alone, species-specific conservation translocations are recommended (or under consideration) for more than 40% of federally listed species-at-risk. Our Chief Development Officer, Steven Ross, joined Sue & Andy on...
PRESIDENT & CEO, DR. CLÉMENT LANTHIER, ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RETIRE
Tuesday January 30, 2024After more than two decades of leading one of the most-respected wildlife conservation charities in North America, Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Clément Lanthier, has announced...
Reaching climate change and conservation goals
Wednesday January 10, 2024How do social resources, wildlife conservation, and climate change influence each other? Our Chief Conservation Officer, Dr. Gráinne McCabe, joined Sue & Andy on QR Calgary to discuss what needs...
Celebrating a year of wildlife conservation wins!
Wednesday December 20, 2023A recent study revealed that the number of species-at-risk globally is double than we previously thought. Our Chief Conservation Officer, Dr. Gráinne McCabe, speaks to this urgent issue of biodiversity...
A Shared Commitment to Whooping Crane Recovery: Canadian Natural and the Wilder Institute
Thursday December 7, 202307 DECEMBER 2023 (Calgary, AB) – Canadian Natural Resources Limited (Canadian Natural) has partnered with the Wilder Institute to help protect one of North America’s most at-risk bird species –...
From Alberta’s Prairies to Wisconsin’s Wetlands: Cross-Border Collaboration to Release Endangered Whooping Cranes
Thursday October 5, 2023In a significant contribution to global wildlife conservation efforts, two Endangered whooping cranes, hatched and raised at the Wilder Institute’s conservation breeding facility in Canada, were released in Wisconsin by...