Wonders of Wildlife asking fans to cast their vote for USA TODAY’s “Best Aquarium”
Springfield, Mo. – On the heels of being voted America’s Best New Attraction, Wonders of Wildlife has been nominated in USA TODAY’s 10Best contest for Best Aquarium. Fans of Wonders of Wildlife can vote for the world-class museum and aquarium once per day by visiting WondersofWildlife.org/vote until voting ends at 11:00 a.m. CST on April […]
Prison Sentence for Convicted Rhino Horn Seller
What is the punishment for the sale of two black rhino horns? 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and a ban from antique and wildlife sales for life. In March 2014, a California man sold two rhino horns to an undercover agent from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) posing […]
Positive Steps for Grizzlies to Return to the North Cascades
Another positive step has taken place in seeing the Grizzly bear return to the North Cascades. According to a recent article by The Wildlife Society, DOI Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced his support of plans to reintroduce the Grizzly to North Cascades National Park and the surrounding North Cascades ecosystem. The last sighting of a […]
Titans of Conservation Team up to Bring Water to the Chihuahuan Desert
March 16 & 17 volunteers from across Texas descended on the Big Bend Region to build two critical large format wildlife water guzzlers on the El Carmen Land and Conservation Company owned by Cemex USA (Houston) and Josiah Austin, and situated strategically between Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Black Gap Wildlife Management Area and Big Bend National Park […]
A "Growing" Dilemma
Without the irreplaceable financial benefit that legal sport hunting brings to the rural people who live among the wildlife, the game will ultimately disappear, as surely as the human population swells to devour it. The human population in Africa is set to double in the next 30 years. Who will save the wildlife that will […]
Grizzly Hunt Proposed in Wyoming after 40 Years
In early March, anti-hunters protested immediately when Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced plans to open grizzly hunting after over 40 years. In 1975, the grizzly bear population of Greater Yellowstone’s Ecosystem was put on the endangered species list when numbers dwindled down to 136 bears. In June 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service […]
Got 6 Hours and Want to Celebrate Conservation?
Did you know Dallas is only a 6-hour drive to America’s Best New Attraction? Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium (WOW) in Springfield, Mo., voted by USA TODAY readers as the number one best new attraction in the country, is a brand-new aquarium and museum that has WOW’ed families and guests since […]
Bees, Unexpected Remedy for Human-Wildlife Conflict
It’s seems odd that a large animal like an elephant would be afraid of a group of tiny bees. But a team of researchers in Africa are deterring 80 percent of elephants away from farmland because of that strong fear. Elephants forage crops in the night and destroy livelihoods when they wildly trudge through villages, […]
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New Collaboration to Benefit Big Game
From the U.S. Department of the Interior With a new order from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed earlier this month, antelope, elk and mule deer will see habitat quality and migration corridors improved. The order also calls for improved collaboration with states and private landowners and facilitates all by using the best […]