Journey to Belize: Meeting with Jamal and San Ignacio
This post continues the retelling of my 2017 trip to Belize: participating in an archaeology field school and learning about jaguar conservation. The rest of this series is located in…
Tag: conservation
New Article Highlights Jaguar Corridor Initiative
Back in February of 2016, I released a post about the importance of landscape connectivity for tigers. Populations of large mammals that become isolated are vulnerable to local extinctions, as…
Crucial Survey of Global Snow Leopard Population Announced
I’m still engrossed in my thesis preparations, but I had to share this critical press release. The Global Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP) just announced that it is…
Fourteen Latin American Countries Reaffirm Commitments to Jaguar Conservation
On March 1, while big cat supporters were preparing for World Wildlife Day, delegates from 14 Latin American countries met at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The objective…
World Wildlife Day Spotlight: The Mountain Lion Foundation
Today, March 3, is World Wildlife Day. Since 2013, the United Nations has set this day aside to celebrate Earth’s incredible biodiversity – and to call attention to the ongoing…
Research Reveals Where Snow Leopards Hang Out
I am a little late on sharing this, but on January 28 the Snow Leopard Trust posted an update from their on-going snow leopard (Panthera uncia) research in the Gobi…
New Update and Video from Conservation Geneticist Dr. Natalie Schmitt
In November of 2017, I published a Q&A post with Dr. Natalie Schmitt. Dr. Schmitt is a conservation geneticist who is developing a DNA field kit to help scientists study…
The Presence of Tigers Near Villages can Reduce Crop and Livestock Losses
A groundbreaking study was just released in the journal Biological Conservation. Written by Thinley et al. (2018), it deals with the ecosystem services provided by tigers (Panthera tigris) to villagers…
The Jaguar 