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The Wildlife Conservation Club
The Wildlife Conservation Club strives to raise awareness of wildlife and broader environmental issues, to raise funds for endangered species, and to contribute to the WCC website and monthly newsletter. Join us in making our goal of an environmentally aware Collegiate a reality. Scroll down to see posts from our newsletters!
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Dragonflies Losing Wing Patterns Thanks to Climate Change, Diego Bacchus '23, February 2022 Issue
A Male Widow Skimmer Dragonfly. Source: Jim Braswell. A recent study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS)...
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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Endangered Species Spotlight: White's Seahorse, Isaac Loh '23, February 2022 Issue
A Tagged White's Seahorse Juvenile. Source: D. Harasti. The endangered White’s seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) is a ~12 cm fish endemic to...
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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Wisconsin Cancels 2022 Annual Winter Wolf Hunt, Connor Kim '23, February 2022 Issue
Gray Wolf Walking on the Snow. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica. In Wisconsin, concern over the controversial annual Wisconsin wolf hunt...
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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Waxworms and Plastic: A Small Solution to a Big Problem; Riley Schwimmer '24, February 2022 Issue
A Waxworm Atop a Plastic Bag. Source: CNet. On April 18, 2019, Victor Vescovo attempted the deepest dive in American history into the...
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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Controversial Beaver Reintroduction in Scotland, Ben Davis '22, December 2021 Issue
The Eurasian beaver. Source: NY Times. In the 16th century, the Eurasian beaver was hunted to extinction in Great Britain, and almost to...
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Taking Over New York, Aarav Dogra '22, December 2021 Issue
A spotted lanternfly. Source: nbcnews.com. The spotted lanternfly, which belongs to a type of insects known as planthoppers, was first...
Dec 6, 20212 min read
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Florida Panthers, Bears May Lose Protected Habitat by 2070, Cole Brountas '22, December 2021 Issue
The endangered Florida panther currently occupies 5 percent of its historic range. Source: ABC7 Southwest Florida. Florida...
Dec 6, 20212 min read
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The Fearsome Komodo Dragon, Now Listed as Endangered, Riley Schwimmer '24, December 2021 Issue
A Komodo Dragon Perches on a Rock. Source: Wikipedia.com. Dragons have existed in mythology for thousands of years in cultures all around...
Dec 6, 20212 min read
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Cutting Edge Technology Gives Hope for the Northern White Rhino, Cole Brountas '22, April 2021 Issue
Najin and Fatu, the two remaining northern white rhinos. Source: nytimes.com. On September 11, 2019, Italian scientists announced that...
Apr 12, 20212 min read
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Tasmanian Devils Return to Mainland Australia 3000 Years Later, Ben Davis '22, April 2021 Issue
Elsa Pataky and her husband Chris Hemsworth reintroduce eleven Tasmanian devils (two pictured) to mainland Australia with wildlife...
Apr 12, 20213 min read
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Mysterious Mass Coho Salmon Deaths Solved, Ali Sabra '23, April 2021 Issue
The endangered coho salmon. Source: baynature.org. It is no secret that various species of fish are at high risk of habitat loss and...
Apr 12, 20212 min read
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Baby Mathaï Joins Belgian Park’s Sumatran Orangutan Family, Michael Rezak '23, April 2021 Issue
Baby Mathaï. Source: bulletin.be. On November 28, 2020, the Belgian animal park Pairi Daiza welcomed the arrival of a male Sumatran...
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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Is There Hope for the Swinhoe's Softshell Turtle?, Riley Schwimmer '24, April 2021 Issue
Swinhoe's softshell turtle. Source: turtlesurvival.org. The Swinhoe’s softshell turtle, also known as the Yangtze giant softshell turtle,...
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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Jaguar Burned in Pantanal Fires Returns to Wild, Connor Kim '23, Jan 2021 Issue
“Apocalyptic… a tragedy of colossal proportions,” described Luciana Leite, a scholar of ecology at the Federal University of Bahia, as...
Dec 29, 20202 min read
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Drones Used to Monitor Polar Bears on Wrangel Island, Cole Brountas '22, Jan 2021 Issue
Polar bears. Source: worldwildlife.org. Wrangel Island, otherwise known as the “maternity home of polar bears,” is where the majority of...
Dec 29, 20202 min read
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Two New Marsupial Species Discovered in Australia, Isaac Loh '23, Jan 2021 Issue
Petauroides minor/northern species (top left), Petauroides armillatus/central species (bottom left) and Petauroides volans/southern...
Dec 29, 20202 min read
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365 Elephants Drop Dead in Botswana, Konrad Krieger '22, Nov 2020 Issue
During May and June of 2020, 365 elephants dropped dead in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Some looked dazed and confused moments before...
Nov 11, 20201 min read
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Brain Surgery for Cronutt the Sea Lion, Ali Sabra '23 Nov 2020 Issue
Cronutt, an adolescent sea lion from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in California, is one of the first animals in the world to receive brain...
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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Whales Return to New York, Ben Davis '22, Nov 2020 Issue
In recent years, there has been a large increase in whale sightings in the waters of the New York City area. Scientists say this is...
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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The Vote for the Reintroduction of Gray Wolves in Colorado, Cole Brountas '22, Nov 2020 Issue
For thousands of years, the land that is now the southern Colorado Rockies was home to gray wolves, but these predators were hunted to...
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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