Other Animals

Webinar: Avian Vet Insider: The Truth About Toxins Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Dr. Stephanie Lamb, DVM,

February 21, 2024 By Wildlife Conservation Network WCN is proud to announce the addition of three organizations to our global network of community-led Conservation Partners: Misool Foundation works to safeguard the most biodiverse reefs on Earth through the empowerment of local communities in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Proyecto Washu, based in Ecuador, is focused on protecting

Webinar: Translating Parrot: Hormonal Parrots – Just the Facts! Date: Friday, March 1, 2024 Time: 12:00 p.m. PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Pamela Clark, is

Webinar: The Grey Way: Greys & Hormones Live Q&A Date: Friday, March 1, 2024 Time: 12:00 p.m. PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Lisa Bono, CPBC,

Alex circa 2005 A play, called Beyond Words, will have its premiere in Cambridge, MA, in the middle of March. It is roughly based on the book, “Alex & Me”—thus it is a light fictionalization of my time with Alex. Many people have asked how I feel about the prospect of seeing myself and a

Last year, a dramatic escape occurred at New York City’s famed Central Park from what is a stop of renown, the Central Park Zoo. On February 2 of 2023, vandals had cut into the enclosure that housed a Eurasian Eagle Owl, who saw an opportunity to find freedom by escaping the enclosure. He roamed the

Migrating songbirds like the Swainson’s Thrush are at the highest risk of building collisions.TonyCastro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The tragedy of bird migration deaths has become a top-desk issue over the last few years. During migration birds of many species fall victim to lights and therefore crash into tall buildings. Fortunately, some cities

Fossilized riverbeds in Botswana. An Andean cat geoglyph in Chile’s Atacama Desert. A pre-Incan burial site in a remote region of Peru. These archaeological treasures were recently discovered through the fieldwork of several conservation groups: Cheetah Conservation Botswana, Spectacled Bear Conservation, and Seeking the Andean Cat, a partner of Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation. Conservation

African grey Griffin, Courtesy Dr. Irene Pepperberg The recent storms here in New England have not been the most serious we’ve ever experienced, but they certainly remind us of the need to have emergency backup plans…something that EVERYONE should have—not only for themselves, but for their companion animals! At my home, I have a backup

A sun conure hangs from a tree branch. Photo courtesy of One Earth Conservation Sun conures are a very popular pet due to their size and wide availability. But we are only recently learning more about their wild nature and behaviors. The only place to see wild sun parakeets (Aratinga solstitialis) is primarily near the

Webinar: Translating Parrot: Finding a Reputable Bird Breeder Date: Friday, February 16, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Pamela Clark, is a

Webinar: NEW SERIES! Species Spotlight: The Patagonian Conure – Special Time 11AM PST Date: Friday, February 9, 2023 Special Time: 11:00 am PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our

The LEGO® Macaw Parrots building set is part of its Fauna Collection. Lego has a magnificent history of releasing interesting new build sets featuring many facets of popular culture. Their colorful and innovative connecting bricks have covered things from fantasy elements, historical structures, creatures, flowers, and so many other ideas as to lose track of

Webinar: Phoenix Landing 2024 Wellness Retreat – A “Can’t Miss” for Bird Owners! Date: Friday, February 2, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special

WCN’s California Wildlife Program (CWP) is excited to report that the first puma has been recorded using a recently-constructed wildlife crossing under CA Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County. A CWP grant to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County made it possible to monitor the effectiveness of this important crossing, which has now been

Amazon parrot. Photo by Jon Leclainche on Unsplash As science grows smarter and more sophisticated, the study of many things becomes much more in-depth. We are now not only able to discover new and interesting reality traits, but science has further evolved to a point that allows for it to expand heavily on newfound pathways

A Green Jay perches on a branch on a cloudy summer day at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Reserve in the Rio Grande Valley of Southern Texas.Photo by Mark Olsen on Unsplash We’re fondly aware of our well-known and much-loved blue jay. They’re commonly found in the Eastern regions of North America. Its array of

Recently, the team at Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (RWCA) conducted a training course for Rwandan veterinarians on wild animal capture. This instruction will help them better assess the health of wildlife, intervene in situations where animals are in need of care, collect samples for analysis, and set up monitoring programs. And to guide them through

A Kentucky family was startled to learn that an owl was found in their Christmas tree! Surely the owl was startled to find itself indoors. Christmas holidays bring a rush of traditional joys that many in the world love to undertake. Things like decorating the house, hanging lights, and placing larger, usually lit things in

“Migration” hits theaters on December 22. Birds have had an exciting time of it at the movies. Over the years, birds and others have been featured in TV series (Fred the Cockatoo in Baretta, for one). More interesting is the array of animated films featuring birds. There have been a lot. These include bird-centric films

Jealous Mpofu adjusted his grip on the radio telemetry antenna jutting out of the window. The midday sun caused the truck’s metal door to sting his arm, but he ignored the discomfort. As PDC’s Chief Tracker and Field Manager, Jealous uses his extensive tracking skills to help Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) trace every inch of

“Unprecedented conservation triumph”: Saiga antelope reclassified from ‘Critically Endangered’ to ‘Near Threatened’ in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This significant positive status change reflects the species’ remarkable recovery in Kazakhstan resulting from sustained ongoing conservation efforts, but action is still needed to ensure populations continue to improve across the species’ range Today, December

Do piped-in soundtracks at zoos affect the animals?Photo by Nikola Johnny Mirkovic on Unsplash Recently, I edited a special issue of the journal Interaction Studies on the subject of animal -computer interfaces. The papers centered on dogs and birds, only because two of the promised papers on, respectively, dolphins and apes failed to materialize. (Yes,

Setting down the life-sized inflatable dolphin, Dr. Vivian Kuit directed the onlookers toward the beach. A volunteer laid supine along the sand, clad in flippers and a fake dorsal fin. Marine mammals often strand themselves along Malaysia’s long coastline, and as a Scientific Officer for MareCet, leading stranding response workshops for locals is one of

Original article published by Saiga Conservation Alliance; joint press release available here. In a rare and remarkable conservation success, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has reclassified the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened on the Red List, signifying a substantial global recovery for the species. This positive shift,

We all know that parrots are ultra-smart. We’ve seen a lot of the researched data and have had a lot of personal interaction; enough to plant it firmly that these birds are much smarter than we have ever realized in the past. We have reports of one bird, Alex, while under the tutelage of Dr.

Pale dust plumed as the Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA) team pulled their vehicles off the main road, arriving at two artesian wells. This water source is one of the few found in what was once Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea, now a vast region of sand and salt. The team looked around, awed by the sight of

A recently released Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) perches on a tree branch in the Monts Azules Biosphere Reserve, Chajul, Mexico, by Natura Mexicana. Photo by Rodrigo León Two organizations, The Macaw Society and The Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation, have come together to focus specifically on how to increase knowledge about releasing confiscated parrots

Right now, tens of thousands of world leaders, NGOs, scientists, and businesses have converged in Dubai for the annual UN Climate Change Conference—or COP 28, since this is the 28th meeting—to discuss solutions to the global climate crisis and ways humanity can limit global temperature increase to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels, in accordance with the

Recently, President Biden issued a letter to Congress stating that the Chinese government has failed to adequately curb the trade of illegal pangolin products, which undermines the effectiveness of pangolin conservation measures from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Pangolins are the most illegally trafficked mammal in