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The WildLife: Wildlife Biologist Adventures, Susan Jewell
Wildlife biologist Susan Jewell shares her adventures studying wildlife throughout the East Coast. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme about her trials and tribulations as she rehabilitated owls, cared for rattlesnakes, chased an escaped coyote, tracked the elusive bobcat, investigated the habits of wood storks and slogged after alligators. She’s a modern day “Indiana Jane” of the wild…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Polar Bears, Robert Buchanan
Robert Buchanan, President and CEO of Polar Bears International (PBI), shares the special adaptations of polar bears to a life on the ice. He tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how their huge paws, the size of dinner plates, act like snowshoes to distribute their weight and keep them from breaking through the ice. He also reveals that the…
Read MoreCoral Reef CSI
The international Coral Reef CSI program is now under the auspices of the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL). Designed in 2006, the Coral Reef CSI program trains authorities to use forensic science strategies underwater. It has worked in thirteen countries and trained over 300 marine protected area resource managers, enforcement officers, academics, and litigators in underwater evidence collection.…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Field Vet in Patagonia, Marcela Uhart
Marcela Uhart shares her adventures as a wildlife field veterinarian in Patagonia, Argentina. She reveals to “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme the difficulties of handling and monitoring the health of diverse wildlife populations, from elephant seals and southern right whales to penguins and other seabirds. For instance, how do you immobilize a 1-2 ton animal? If you…
Read MoreFirst Federal Prosecution in Florida for Striking & Killing Manatee with Boat
Boats speeding through manatee zone are a not uncommon occurrence. Unfortunately, it’s also a major threat to endangered manatees, as noted on my “The WildLife” radio show on December 6, 2010 when Craig Pittman, author of MANATEE INSANITY, talked about threats to these gangly creatures. These gentle giants of tropical waters have a number of things going against…
Read MoreFirst Elephant Underpass to Address Habitat Fragmentation
Wildlife all over the world is under increasing pressure from human development. The result is fragmentation of habitat that makes it harder for wildlife to survive. One solution is to encourage connectivity by protecting corridors or building them. Where roads and railways are a problem, highway wildlife crossings — as underpasses or overpasses — are…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Simple Things to Help Wildlife, Mark Fraser
Naturalist Mark Fraser discusses some of the simple things you can do to help wildlife–from less mowing to avoiding pesticides. Plus, he takes “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme on a “virtual tour” of New England forests to meet local wildlife. He reveals the special characteristics of fishers, coywolves, salamanders, songbirds and more so that you’ll gain a new appreciation…
Read MoreWildlife Forensics Helps Evaluate Death of Vietnam’s Last Javan Rhino
Wildlife forensic analysis proves the Vietnamese Javan rhino discovered last April in Cat Tien National Park was shot a few months before it died. The Javan rhino is extremely rare. There are just an estimated 60 left in the world and are found only in two small protected areas in Viet Nam and Indonesia.…
Read MoreOperation Flying Turtle: Two Indicted for Turtle Smuggling into the US
Two men from Osaka, Japan who were arrested earlier this month at LAX airport for smuggling live turtles into the United States, were just indicted by a grand jury in Los Angeles. The arrests were tied to an undercover investigation–code named Operation Flying Turtle–that began about a year ago. As part of that, in…
Read MoreSouth Africa develops Rhino DNA Sample Kit
South Africa has developed a new Rhino DNA Sample Kit. The new kit can help investigators link a crime scene with a particular rhino and the movements of that rhino since documentation.The aim is to not just to use it at crime scenes but to have all rhino population owners and managers document all the individual…
Read MoreSimple Things You Can Do to Help Wildlife
Coming up this Monday on “The WildLife,” naturalist Mark Fraser details simple things you can do at home to help wildlife–from less mowing to avoiding pesticides. Plus, we’ll go on a “virtual tour” of New England forests to meet local wildlife-from coywolves and fishers to salamanders and songbirds. You’ll gain a new appreciation of what’s in your…
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