by wolfcenter | Jun 12, 2021 | Bush dogs, Canines, Conservation, Jeremy Heft
Hidden within the vast jungles and waterways of Central and South America lives one of the rarest and threatened canines on Earth. In an ironic twist, the most abundant canine on the planet is now helping biologists seek out this elusive small carnivore to save the...
by wolfcenter | Jun 11, 2021 | Chris Anderson, Conservation
One of the biggest environments that is the focus of many conservation efforts is the ocean. We spoke before about how plastics are affecting the ocean (if you missed it, you can read about it here), but what else affects the health of our marine ecosystems? Oil...
by wolfcenter | Jun 7, 2021 | Canines, Conservation, Jeremy Heft, Using Canines
Throughout the Canines Assisting Conservation series, we have examined how invasive species have been accidentally transported or illegally smuggled around the world, causing ecological threats wherever they land. However, some occurrences of alien invasion were...
by wolfcenter | Jun 4, 2021 | Carnivores, Chris Anderson, Conservation
Endemic species are plants and animals that are only found in one specific location on earth.1 This can be a specific area within a larger environment, or it can be only one continent or one island.2 Some examples of endemic species are: Red Wolves Vancouver Island...
by wolfcenter | May 22, 2021 | Canines, Conservation, Desert Tortoises, Jeremy Heft, Using Canines
Although the Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) outlived the dinosaurs, can live in deserts reaching 140 F, go an entire year without a drink, and must enter dormancy for most of the year to survive, these ancient reptiles are still struggling to overcome new...
by wolfcenter | May 21, 2021 | Chris Anderson, Conservation
Conservation requires a lot of time, work, and money. A lot of time is spent tracking and studying species and their habitats so that we know how they’re being affected by our own actions as humans, by poaching, by global warming, and to get more data to make...
