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Ants marching into spotlight as hobby of ant-keeping rise in popularity
CTV News: Dr. James Glasier, an ecologist at the Wilder Institute, explains how to get started with ant-keeping. While ants are often small and overlooked — sometimes even stepped on — they are now marching into more than just backyards. As the trend of ant-keeping gains popularity in Canada, these tiny insects are making their way into homes as well.
ConocoPhillips Canada Renews Vital Support for Whooping Crane Recovery
ConocoPhillips Canada has renewed its commitment to wildlife conservation, contributing $125,000 for 2024/2025 in support of one of North America’s most at-risk bird species—the whooping crane. As a long-standing partner of the Wilder Institute’s whooping crane breeding initiative, ConocoPhillips Canada’s generous contribution will directly support the Wilder Institut e’s Whooping Crane Recovery Program.
Wildlife conservation in Kenya: An interview with Brian Keating
CBC Radio One: Explore this insightful interview with Brian Keating, where he discusses his collaborative efforts with Donna Sheppard, a Community Conservation Specialist from the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo. He highlights their shared commitment to wildlife conservation and the impactful projects that have emerged from their partnership.
A not-for-profit partnered up with a small school to protect some endangered plants in the Flower’s Cove area
CBC Newfoundland: The Long's Braya is a small, endangered plant, native to a few areas along the Northern Peninsula. Some students from Canon Richards Memorial Academy in Flower's Cove helped researchers recently to protect the plant species. The researchers were from a non-profit group called Intervale. Together, they removed Long's Braya plants from Sandy Cove beach and planted them in a safer location nearby. The CBC's Sanuda Ranawake spoke with some students and their teacher.
RESTORING THE LIMESTONE BARRENS: WILDER INSTITUTE JOINS ONGOING EFFORT TO CONSERVE NEWFOUNDLAND’S UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM
Picture a landscape where the harsh forces of nature have sculpted a rare, resilient ecosystem, home to species found nowhere else on Earth. This is the Limestone Barrens of Newfoundland, and despite its resiliency – it needs our help. In July 2024, Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador identified a new Priority Place for Species at Risk: the Limestone Landscape of the Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador. This new Priority Place includes the Limestone Barrens as well as other limestone habitats.
