Category: Animals

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Conserving Biodiversity: Part 2

Learn more about the 5 drivers of biodiversity loss from COP15 – the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal. Dr. Lindsay Rosa, our Director of CCI calls for bold action now to help conserve the 1 million species facing extinction.

Video Transcript:

Hi, I’m Dr. Lindsay Rosa, Director of our Center for Conservation Innovation at Defenders of Wildlife.

I’m here in Montreal, Canada, at COP15 Convention on Biological Diversity, where inside there’s a lot of discussion on how to get us back on track for conserving biodiversity worldwide.

There are five main drivers of biodiversity loss – habitat loss being … Continue

Conserving Biodiversity: Part 1

Join our Director of CCI, Lindsay Rosa, in Montreal at COP15 – the 2022 Convention on Biological Diversity. With over 1 million species at risk of extinction we need to take bold action to conserve biodiversity, and life as we know it, now and for future generations.

Video Transcript:

I’m Dr. Lindsay Rosa, Director of our Center for Conservation Innovation at Defenders of Wildlife here in Montreal, Canada, at COP15, where leaders from all over the world are working together to set targets that will hopefully put us back on track for recovering global biodiversity.

They have their work cut … Continue

Birds Of The World: Humboldt Penguin

The Humboldt Penguin(Spheniscus humboldti) is classified in the avian order Sphenisciformes and family Spheniscidae. Humboldti refers to Alexander Van Humboldt who was a German naturalist and explorer.

Physical Characteristics

Adult Humboldt Penguins have a blackish back; the belly is white and the upper chest has a horseshoe shaped band that extends down from side to side. There is a bare pink band around the base of the bill which extends around each eye. There is a pale gray band around the bill near the tip. Most of the face is blackish with a white streak that is near the … Continue