Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Big Trouble for the Great Bear
Terrestrial WildlifeThe grizzly bear—sometimes referred to as the “great bear”—is a study in contrasts: powerful yet vulnerable, long-studied but mysterious, admired and feared. Grizzlies have inhabited North America for tens of...
Court Restores Federal Protections for Gray Wolves
Terrestrial WildlifeIn a much-needed win for gray wolves, a federal court recently scrapped a rule issued by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in 2020 that removed Endangered Species Act (ESA)...
Eagles Poisoned at High Rates by Lead Ammunition
Terrestrial WildlifeA recently published study in the journal Science (Slabe et al., 2022) documented alarmingly high levels of lead in bald and golden eagle populations across the United States. Nearly half of the...
Namibia’s Elephants: Victims of Mismanagement and Broken Promises
Terrestrial WildlifeOn March 5, the lives of 22 African elephants—mothers, juveniles, and young calves—changed forever. No longer free to roam the vast open spaces of northwestern Namibia’s Kunene region, they were...
Study Highlights Importance of Restoring Large Mammals to Landscapes
Terrestrial WildlifeA new study published in the journal Ecography (Vynne et al., 2022) identifies key opportunities for improving ecosystem health through restoration of large mammal assemblages across terrestrial ecoregions. Large mammals, which include...
Birds Finally in Line for Animal Welfare Act Protections
Animals in Laboratories, Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIt only took 20 years, two lawsuits, and prodding from Congress for the US Department of Agriculture to finally propose regulations to extend Animal Welfare Act (AWA) protections to birds...
Progress for Animals Achieved in State Legislatures
Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeTwo AWI-supported state bills recently became law and another is on the cusp. In March, Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana signed HB 1248 into law, prohibiting public contact with lions,...
2022 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award Recipients
Terrestrial Wildlife2022 Award Recipients: Anti-smuggling Bureau of China Customs for diligently pursuing the arrests of numerous international wildlife criminals engaged in the trafficking of massive quantities of elephant ivory, rhinoceros horns, and...
AWI Funds Innovative Wildlife Science
Terrestrial WildlifeSince 2007, the Christine Stevens Wildlife Award, named after AWI’s late founder and long-time president, has provided over $900,000 in grants in total to over 85 award recipients to support...
Building Back a Better Climate
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThis is part two of a two-part series. In our previous issue, we described the devastating impacts that a warming planet is having on wildlife and its habitat. Here, we examine...