Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Human Appetites Driving Frogs to Extinction
Terrestrial WildlifeAn international team of scientists have added human consumption to the long list of things already threatening global frog populations, the BBC reported in January. A new study, published in...
Taken for a Ride
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeA snowstorm was in full force one wintry day last December when filmmaker Donny Moss decided to film the carriage horse drivers picking up tourists outside Manhattan’s world-famous Plaza Hotel...
“Extinct” Quail Spotted Too Late
Terrestrial WildlifeOne ornithologist’s treasure is another man’s dinner. As the American Free Press (AFP) reports, while filming a documentary on traditional bird trapping methods in the Caraballo Mountains of the Philippines,...
“Living Fossil” Rediscovered
Terrestrial WildlifeFeared to be extinct in the Caribbean—the only region of the globe it once called home—the solenodon was recently caught on film and eventually captured by conservationists. Researchers from the...
Circus Finally Exposed in Federal Trial
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute’s case against Feld Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, finally went to trial in February. We charged the circus...
Elephant Cruelty Under the Big Top: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Finally Exposed in Federal Court Trial
Terrestrial WildlifeAfter nearly nine years of intense legal wrangling, the Animal Welfare Institute’s (AWI) landmark case against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ parent company, Feld Entertainment, Inc., for elephant...
Obama Administration Restores Scientific Review to ESA
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Obama administration is to be congratulated for its restoration of a key scientific review provision of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). Before President Bush left office, his administration...
Animal Migrations May Be Moving Toward Extinction
Terrestrial WildlifeThere can't be a more remarkable sight than a mass migration of animals, be it across the plains of Africa, on a cloud-covered skyline, or along the wave-ridden ocean coasts....
Beating the Bushes for Carnivore Scat
Terrestrial WildlifeThere I stood upon a steep hillside in the lush and wild heart of Idaho, using all fours to steady myself, though not nearly as deftly as my canine co-worker,...
Chimp Plans for Tomorrow, Leaves No Stone Unturned
Terrestrial WildlifeThough the proverb warns that “people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones,” it makes no mention of primates in zoo exhibits. Santino, a 30-year-old chimp in Sweden's Furuvik...