Rainforests
The (NEW) WildLife Podcast (Episode 10): Gorillas with Gorilla Doctors’ former executive director Kirsten Gilardi
The Wildlife Podcast Episode 10: Grand Gorillas: Meet the doctors mending the magnificent guardians of Africa’s rainforests Deep in Africa’s wild, rainforest-covered volcanic mountains is one of planet earth’s greatest conservation success stories. For the last forty years a group of dedicated veterinarians has brought one of our most iconic beasts, the mountain…
Read MoreThe (NEW) WildLife Podcast (Episode 8): Sloths with Proyecto Asis’s Adriana Aguilar
The Wildlife Podcast Episode 8: The Everything Sloth Show Want to know why you should never wake a snoozing sloth for a selfie? Ever wonder what this cuddly-looking creature’s quiet genius is? Hint hint- it has to do with poop! Adriana Aguilar never planned to run a wildlife sanctuary, but then love’s spark also…
Read MoreThe (NEW) WildLife Podcast (Episode 5): Bats with Paul Racey
The Wildlife Podcast Episode 5: Furry, fabulous and fascinating bats with Paul Racey Did you know that bats may not only hold the key to a long life but also fruitful one? Or that they are one of the few mammals that can delay fertilization? Discover more about these impressive creatures and join…
Read MoreThe (NEW) WildLife Podcast (Episode 4): Forest-dependent Raptors with Christopher O’Bryan and Ralph Buij
The Wildlife Podcast Episode 4: Save the forests – save the raptors! Discover how a groundbreaking new study on bird and forest ecology is delivering critical information about global forest health for policy-makers around the world. In this episode, award-winning journalists Laurel Neme and Jeffrey Barbee help sort the forest from the feathers…
Read MoreNational Geographic: Do elephants bury their dead calves?
Five young Asian elephants were found mostly covered in tea plantation ditches in India’s Bengal region. But some experts question if they’re evidence of true burial practices. BY LAUREL NEME PUBLISHED May 31, 2024– While scientists have long known African savanna elephants likely mourn their dead, little has been reported about such emotions in wild…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Snares: Low-tech, low-profile killers of rare wildlife the world over
BY LAUREL NEME PUBLISHED Aug. 18, 2022– Snares are simple, low-tech, noose-like traps that can be made from cheap and easily accessible materials such as wire, rope or brake cables. Easy to set, a single person can place thousands, with one report warning that snares “are a terrestrial equivalent to the drift nets that have…
Read MoreNational Geographic: Exclusive Look Into How Rare Elephants’ Forests Are Disappearing
Wildlife Watch In violation of a moratorium, oil palm grower clears vital habitat in Indonesian biodiversity hot spot. By Laurel Neme PUBLISHED March 8, 2017 A high-stakes game playing out in a remote biodiversity hot spot pits the palm oil industry against the ecological integrity of the last place on Earth where critically endangered Sumatran elephants, tigers,…
Read MoreHuffington Post: Schoolkids Write Book About Orphaned Orangutan
Henry Kurzawa and Maeve Igoe, PS 107 5th graders, celebrate the successful rescue of orphaned orangutan Budi while reading their newly published book. Photo courtesy of Ericka Novotny. THE BLOG 07/28/2016 Laurel Neme Author and freelance journalist Writing in “first person orangutan” isn’t easy. Just ask 10-year-old Caroline Mulcahy, a fifth grader at P.S. 107…
Read MoreNational Geographic: Schoolkids Write Adorable Book About Orphaned Orangutan
Henry Kurzawa and Maeve Igoe, PS 107 5th graders, celebrate the successful rescue of orphaned orangutan Budi while reading their newly published book. Photo courtesy of Ericka Novotny. Wildlife Watch A book about the plight of Budi the orangutan, who was taken from the wild and sold as a pet, is written and…
Read MoreHuffington Post: The Secret Trade That Threatens Rare Birds
By Laurel Neme Author and freelance journalist The Uganda Wildlife Authority safeguarded these African gray parrots before releasing them into a national park. A new study reveals that Singapore has been a major conduit for the trade in birds, especially African greys. Photograph by Edward Echwalu, Reuters Singapore plays a key role as a…
Read MoreHuffington Post: Orangutan Rescue in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
By Laurel Neme Author and freelance journalist Medical check of orangutan. Photo courtesty of Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) The adolescent orangutan was on his way to becoming the illegal pet of a police lieutenant in Jakarta in 2004 when a team from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) and the Ministry of Forestry’s Conservation…
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