Category: Digest

This is our digest which contains articles and YouTube videos.

Defenders: A Day in the Life – Monitoring For Belugas

| Comments Off on Defenders: A Day in the Life – Monitoring For Belugas
This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

Join Ragen Davey from Defenders of Wildlife, and partners in monitoring for endangered Cook Inlet Belugas. Belugas Count! is an annual celebration that brings together members of the public to focus on the endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale, fostering local pride, awareness, and stewardship.

Video Transcript:

Hey, everyone. Ragan Davey with the Alaska Office of Defenders of Wildlife.

And I want to talk about how the day went at Belugas Count!

The day started out at 10:00, and we started our monitoring session at Ship Creek.

We had such a … Continue

Wanted!

| Comments Off on Wanted!
This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

Transcript:

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I’m Jay Petrequin with Defenders Of Wildlife interrupting this program with the latest breaking news, hot off the wire! We’ve got a real doozy of a story for you, folks. Wildlife killers are on the loose, and it’s time we nip this killing in the bud!

First up, we have vessels – one of the leading assailants of North Atlantic Right Whales. Some ships are barreling through the big blue without a care in the world, delivering lethal blows to defenseless right whales and … Continue

Sweat Bees And Stories | Field Notes | Parks Canada

| Comments Off on Sweat Bees And Stories | Field Notes | Parks Canada
This YouTube video was produced by Parks Canada.

Join Parks Canada scientists and a team of Mi’kmaq Earth Keepers as they venture to Sable Island National Park Reserve to research the endemic Sable Island Sweat Bee. A vital pollinator for the island, the bee is found nowhere else in the world and is classified as threatened under Canada’s Species at Risk Act.

Parks Canada is working with partners—including the Sable Island Institute, the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, the University of Manitoba and Brock University, and the Mi’kmaq Earth Keepers—to better understand the biology of the bee. And … Continue

Finding Ghost Forests At Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge!

| Comments Off on Finding Ghost Forests At Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge!
This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

What exactly is a ghost forest? Join Defenders Ashley, Allison, and Annie Kay on a trip to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge for National Wildlife Refuge Week to find out!

Transcript:

Hi, I’m Ashley Holmes with Defenders Of Wildlife. And today we are out on a mission to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge, Maryland. We’ve heard rumor of a ghost forest out there, so we’re off to investigate, learn a little bit more, and hopefully see some cool wildlife along the way. We’ve just gotten to Blackwater Wildlife Refuge. I’ve … Continue