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A LEAP FORWARD FOR NORTHERN LEOPARD FROGS: NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE AGAINST DEADLY AMPHIBIAN DISEASE
Wednesday October 29, 202529 OCTOBER 2025 (Calgary, AB) – Near Kimberley, British Columbia, a wetland shimmers under the autumn sun. The surface appears calm, the reeds sway gently in the breeze, but beneath...
AGAINST THE ODDS: ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS CANADA WORK TO SAVE SANDHILL CRANE FROM DEADLY ILLNESS
Tuesday October 28, 202528 OCTOBER (Calgary, AB) – In June 2019, a tiny sandhill crane chick hatched at the Wilder Institute. Six years later, that same bird, named ‘Memphis’, faced one of the...
A Fragile Ecosystem on the Edge: Safeguarding the Limestone Barrens of Newfoundland
Thursday October 9, 2025Vast, windswept, and rocky— Newfoundland’s limestone barrens can feel like you’re on the edge of the world. The soil is thin, the winds relentless, and the climate unforgiving. At first...
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...