Tag archives for World Wildlife Fund
An Abundance of Rarity, Prairies and Beyond – with Eric Dinerstein
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on February 28, 2013 
In his travels around the world, World Wildlife Fund Lead Scientist Eric Dinerstein has been fortunate to experience an abundance of today’s uncommon creatures. His latest book, The Kingdom of Rarities, takes readers on a global adventure to the depths of South American savannas, Asian tiger reserves, Michigan woodlands and more. In this interview,…
Restoring More than Animals – Returning Fire to American Prairie Reserve
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on November 21, 2012 
This fall, American Prairie Reserve conducted our first controlled burn of nearly 900 acres in an effort to expand prairie dog habitat and restore an important ecological process to the landscape. The fire was a result of collaboration between the Reserve, US Fish & Wildlife Service, which provided expertise, personnel and equipment to conduct…
Scientists Making Efforts to Track Mythical Narwhals
Posted by Alyson Foster on November 7, 2011 
The long and spiraling tusk that grows from the center of the narwhal’s forehead has helped make that animal the subject of sailors’ lore and earned it the nickname “unicorn of the sea.” That nickname may be even more fitting given the narwhal’s almost mythical elusiveness. For a long time, very little has been known about the medium-sized whale that calls the inhospitable waters of the Arctic home. Now efforts are underway to find out more.
Rare Glimpse of Sumatran Wild Tiger Family
Posted by Ford Cochran on January 12, 2010 National Geographic Conservation Trust grantee Barney Long, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Senior Program Officer for Asian Species, visited Society headquarters yesterday to discuss the plight of Asia’s wild tigers, and to share rare, newly-captured close-up video of a wild female Sumatran tiger and her young. WWF researchers obtained the footage from a video camera trap…
