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U.S. Bats Flying Toward Extinction
White-nose syndrome, an emerging fungal disease, is causing such massive die-offs of bats that some species could become regionally extinct in the United States within just two decades, according to a paper by some of the nation's leading experts on these flying mammals.
Disaster in the Gulf: Wildlife at Risk!
July 16th Update - Currently the Deepwater Horizon is not discharging any oil into the Gulf of Mexico after the placement of a temporary containment cap over the well. The well is being tested and closely monitored for leaks. Clean-up efforts continue throughout the region.
Saving Dolphins Via Satellite
Wildlife Trust Alliance partner, AquaMarina, is working to save endangered Franciscana dolphins in South America. A multi-national team of researchers has undertaken an urgent and far-reaching study to develop an action plan for replenishing its numbers.
Satellite Tracking Wildlife to Predict Emerging Diseases
The Wildlife Trust, a non-profit conservation organization based in New York, has partnered with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the US Geological Survey to track wild waterfowl in Bangladesh, in an effort to predict outbreaks of the H5N1 virus, known as bird flu.
What Have We Learned from Swine Flu?
The American media circus has moved on, the drugstores are taking down the "H1N1 Vaccinations Available Here" signs, and most people have moved on. Like SARS, avian flu and Hantavirus, swine flu is yesterday's scare.
Lessons from Swine Flu
The once-looming public health threat has receded...but we’re still understanding our role in such outbreaks.
Call to Action for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Platform Explosion
The Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico was a human tragedy and has become an on-going environmental catastrophe, with no end in sight. Thousands of barrels of oil continue to spill into the ecosystem daily, in an area that supports half of the wetlands in the continental United States.
Snakes on a Plane! ... and lizards and diseases and other scary stuff.
When swine-origin H1N1 influenza virus swept the globe last year, sickening millions and killing thousands, it stirred controversy and confusion over how a virus could have been transmitted from pigs to humans.
Photos from Wildlife Trust's Evening of Flora, Fauna and Flamingoes
Check out the photo's from our most recent event!
An Evening of Flora, Fauna and Flamingoes
You're invited to attend our spring event featuring an elegant cocktail reception plus live and silent auctions as well as an optional dinner on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM at The Museum of the City of New York at 1220 Fifth Avenue.
Saving Right Whales
Just two weeks ago, Wildlife Trust's 2009-2010 North Atlantic right whale aerial survey season officially came to an end. Right whales that were in the waters off South Carolina, Georgia and Florida have started to migrate north to their feeding grounds off New England and Canada.
Satellite Images Used to Study Imperiled Coastal Dolphins
Using DNA samples and images from satellites, Wildlife Trust Alliance scientist, Pablo Bordino, and collaborating organizations are gathering new insights about the franciscana - a poorly known coastal dolphin species of eastern South America.
Hitching a Ride on Wild Birds to Study Avian Flu
In Bangladesh, wild ducks are leaving waterways to summer in China, Mongolia, and Siberia. But before the ducks take flight, researchers organized by Wildlife Trust and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations are testing the birds for avian flu, and tagging birds with satellite transmitters.
One Health for One World
The notion that one health perspective can save lives is valuable and realistic. Specifically, the "One Health" perspective that incorporates human, domestic animal, wildlife, and ecosystem health has the potential to lead to effective solutions and save many lives. Wildlife Trust's formation of the One Health Alliance of South Asia (OHASA) works to address these issues.
Meet the Scientist: Dr. Peter Daszak
Dr. Peter Daszak talks about the threat new pathogens pose to endangered species and goes into detail about his discovery of chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease responsible for global amphibian population declines. Dr. Daszak also discusses a unique study that exposes how the W.H.O. might better use their resources when faced with new pathogens such as the recent outbreak of the H1N1 virus.
Slow-down rule largely ignored by coastal ships
A few hundred container ships rolled into the Charleston harbor this winter, among thousands along the East Coast. None have been fined for violating a federal rule to slow down near the coast to protect the rare right whale.
After baby boom, whales have an average year
Still, nineteen new calves keep population trend headed upward
New South Asian partnership poised to stop the next animal-borne epidemic
A new partnership among scientists, researchers, non-governmental organizations, and government officials will monitor and mitigate emerging zoonotic diseases in the border area made up of the West Bengal region of India and neighboring Bangladesh.
Essential Veterinary Education: A Global Perspective
Q&A with Dr. Alonso Aguirre, Senior Vice President, Conservation Medicine Program
Spring into Action!
Show your support for the protection of Florida's Springs, purchase the "Protect Florida Springs" specialty license plate today!
Right whale babies spotted off Georgia coast
Surveyors based on St. Simons Island have spotted three North Atlantic right whale calves, each flanked by its mother, off the Georgia coast since December, marking the first sightings this migratory season.
