Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Defend the Big Cat Public Safety Act!
Terrestrial WildlifeA new bill in Congress seeks to weaken the Big Cat Public Safety Act, which ushered in historic protections for big cats when it was signed into law in 2022....
The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle
Terrestrial WildlifeTurtles have long sparked curiosity and affection, and Sy Montgomery captures humankind’s fascination with them in The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle. This nonfiction book introduces young readers to...
SPEEDing Environmental Destruction
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn December, the House Natural Resources Committee voted to advance HR 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act. Targeting the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), our country’s...
Wolf Torture Suspect Finally Indicted
Terrestrial WildlifeA Wyoming man has been indicted by a grand jury on a state felony animal cruelty charge for torturing a young gray wolf. In February 2024, Cody Roberts allegedly ran the...
Replacing the Poison Bullet: Lead-Based Ammunition Causes Cascading Harm
Terrestrial WildlifeWhen a hunter shoots a deer, elk, or other animal with lead ammunition, the damage extends far beyond the target. Upon impact, the bullet splinters into tiny fragments that scatter...
Gaining Insights on San Francisco’s Urban Coyotes Through Noninvasive Genetic Analysis
Terrestrial WildlifeThe ability of individuals to move among habitat patches and disperse to other locations is fundamental to population connectivity. Without such mobility, gene flow between populations is reduced or eliminated....
CITES CoP20 Confers Wildlife Protections
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe recently concluded 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20), held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,...
AWI Honors International Wildlife Law Enforcement Leaders
Terrestrial WildlifeOn December 2, AWI bestowed the Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award on eight recipients at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to the Convention on International Trade...
Administration Opens ANWR to Oil and Gas Exploration
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn October, the Trump administration finalized plans to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development. Designated as a protected area in...
IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status
Animals in Laboratories, Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeIn October, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on wildlife conservation, officially reaffirmed the “endangered” designation of long-tailed macaques (LTMs)—a monkey species used extensively for biomedical...