A LEAP FORWARD FOR NORTHERN LEOPARD FROGS: NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE AGAINST DEADLY AMPHIBIAN DISEASE
29 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 that stillness, the water teems with life. Young northern leopard frogs, newly transformed through metamorphosis, dart and glide through the water. Although common across much […]
WILDER INSTITUTE SHOWCASES HUMAN-CENTERED CONSERVATION AT GLOBAL IUCN CONGRESS
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’) in Abu Dhabi, held October 9-12, 2025. The Congress is one of the largest gatherings of governments, NGOs, scientists, Indigenous representatives, and businesses focused on […]
BURROWING OWLS TAKE FLIGHT: HEAD-STARTING SUPPORTS A NEW GENERATION
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. This tiny burrowing owl is one of 70 fledglings hatched this year—the next generation of owlets, born to adults released through the Wilder Institute’s head-starting […]
MAKING CANADA WILDER: WILDER VOICES SPEAKER SERIES KICKS OFF THIS OCTOBER
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 for wildlife, and ground us in something larger than ourselves. They slow our racing thoughts, invite us to breathe deeply, and remind us of our […]
WILDER INSTITUTE AND MAGNETAWAN FIRST NATION UNITE TO PROTECT ONTARIO’S AT-RISK TURTLES
19 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 the wetland for the very first time. Its dark shell traced with flashes of red and yellow catching the sunlight—an unassuming moment that carried an extraordinary weight.
HOPE UNDERGROUND: A PROMISING STEP FORWARD FOR ONE OF CANADA’S RAREST MAMMALS
7 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 life. These sounds may come from cozy indoor nest boxes or from deep within outdoor burrows, where marmots have chosen to give birth underground, just […]
FEATHERS OF THE FUTURE: FIRST WHOOPING CRANES HATCHED AT THE ARCHIBALD BIODIVERSITY CENTRE
12 JUNE 2025 (Calgary, AB) – Wonder, hope, and resilience are woven into every part of wildlife conservation— but few moments capture these emotions more powerfully than the arrival of new life. At the Wilder Institute’s Archibald Biodiversity Centre (ABC), a determined whooping crane chick recently cracked open its shell, entering the world—followed shortly by […]
WILDER INSTITUTE LEADS CANADA’S FIRST IUCN SSC CENTRE FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL: PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF CONSERVATION
13 MAY 2025 (Calgary, AB) – Breaking new ground in Canada, the Wilder Institute in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) established the country’s first-ever Centre for Species Survival. The new IUCN SSC Centre for Species Survival Human Dimensions (CSS Human Dimensions) is currently the first Centre […]
SECRETS OF THE BLAKISTON FAN: ISOLATED BUTTERFLY REVEALED AS NEW SPECIES
23 April 2025 (Calgary, AB) – Hidden in the wind-swept grasslands of Waterton Lakes National Park, a tiny butterfly has been keeping a big secret. Long believed to be just another population of the widespread half-moon hairstreak, this delicate insect—confined entirely to the Blakiston Fan—has now been recognized as its own species: the curiously isolated […]
SAVING SPECIES TOGETHER: VEREN AND THE WILDER INSTITUTE UNITE FOR CONSERVATION
04 MARCH 2025 (Calgary, AB) Veren has renewed its commitment to wildlife conservation with a generous contribution of $225,000 over three years. This funding will support the Wilder Institute’s Burrowing Owl Head-Starting Program as well as contribute to the areas of greatest need within their Alberta Species at Risk initiatives. “Veren’s ongoing commitment to our […]