4/6/2016 Long considered dead, a great mellow bull reappears at Andrea Turkalo’s study site in the Dzanga Bai. By Vicki Croke Andrea Turkalo, who’s gotten to know some 4,000 forest elephants over the past 20 years, has recently spent months focused on a bit of sad detective work: Through careful observation, she’s been slowly piecing … Continue reading Missing For 9 Years, Ahmed The Elephant Returns
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Finding Friendship In The City Of Hyenas
12/30/2015 In a place that welcomes hyenas after dark, an anthropologist ends up bonding with one of the fiercest predators on earth. By Vicki Croke Hyenas aren’t the most popular animals. In Western literature, they are depicted as giggling, cowardly, and dangerous. In almost all of Africa, where the formidable predators are known to bite … Continue reading Finding Friendship In The City Of Hyenas
Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran
3/24/2016 With just 50 of their kind left, Asiatic cheetahs find an ally in legendary field biologist George Schaller. By Vicki Croke It was a call on a cell phone from a herdsman in Iran saying, “There are some carnivores chasing some gazelles near us!” that tipped off George Schaller. Schaller’s team, including the herdsman’s … Continue reading Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran
Didik’s Journey To Orangutan Baby School
10/31/2016 Shot and stolen from the wild, one orphaned orangutan, an emblem of conservation efforts, gets a second chance. By Vicki Croke https://youtu.be/SqM2nU5HYVk He’s proved to be a fighter, more resilient than anyone could have imagined when he was rescued from a shop in West Borneo on June 14. On that very first day, what … Continue reading Didik’s Journey To Orangutan Baby School
Hen Zen: What The Chickens Have To Teach Us
4/7/2014 Life lessons from a chicken? Watch this interview with Terry Hill and her hen Mrs. Grey and you may discover that chickens can be more sensible than some of your friends. Terry Hill reads to Mrs. Grey in the waiting room of the New England Wildlife Center. Photo: Christen Goguen. Produced by Christen Goguen. … Continue reading Hen Zen: What The Chickens Have To Teach Us
Road Trip For Rescued Rhinos May Give The Species A Lift
10/19/2018 In India, conservationists truck orphaned rhinos from a rhino-rich park to one with a rhino deficit. By Vicki Croke Three young female greater one-horned rhinos who were saved as orphans from monsoon floodwaters in 2016 and hand-reared at one national park, have just been moved to a different park in the foothills of the … Continue reading Road Trip For Rescued Rhinos May Give The Species A Lift
Observing Crow ‘Funerals’ … And Plenty Of Lively Crow Life
7/12/2017 Crow thanatology isn’t a bummer for researcher Kaeli Swift—that’s because the Cheeto-munching, sunbathing birds make sure of it. By Vicki Croke In the crow-dense metro-area of Seattle, and beyond, Swift does a lot of crow watching. Photo: Kaeli Swift. Kaeli Swift’s specialty is, as she defines it, the thanatology of crows. Basically, she puzzles … Continue reading Observing Crow ‘Funerals’ … And Plenty Of Lively Crow Life
Reconnecting Habitats And Saving Lives
11/22/2016 Tunnels for penguins, overpasses for pronghorn, culverts for cougars—all part of a growing conservation movement to help animals cross dangerous roads and to reconnect wild habitats in an increasingly-fragmented world. Vicki talks with Robin Young at Here&Now about some amazing “wildlife crossings.” Produced by Christen Goguen. Originally appeared on WBUR’s The Wild Life and … Continue reading Reconnecting Habitats And Saving Lives
From Orphaned, Frostbitten Cub To Fearless ‘Tiger Princess’
1/27/2015 Great tiger news this month as one fierce test-case orphan makes it on her own in the Russian Far East, and the big cat census is on the rise in India. By Vicki Croke Vicki spoke with Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about good tiger news in Russia and India: Zolushka, once orphaned, and … Continue reading From Orphaned, Frostbitten Cub To Fearless ‘Tiger Princess’
Big, Beautiful, And Rare: Twin Elephants In Tanzania
4/17/2018 At 57, their mother, Eloise, is the oldest known elephant to give birth to twins. By Vicki Croke The wise mother: Eloise, the 57-year-old matriarch, gave birth in August 2017 to twins who are thriving. Conservationists who monitor the group have named them "Elon Tusk" and "Emma" (after the actress Emma Watson). Though it’s … Continue reading Big, Beautiful, And Rare: Twin Elephants In Tanzania