Instructional Video1:37
Next Animation Studio

China’s fish ecosystem on verge of collapse

12th - Higher Ed
The military crisis in the South China Sea has increased the rate at which coral reefs and fish stocks are being destroyed. <br/>
Instructional Video0:36
Next Animation Studio

Drones aid wildlife conservation and fight poaching

12th - Higher Ed
Pilotless drone aircraft will be used to track wildlife and fight poachers in wildlife reserves around the world. Park rangers in Kenya plan to introduce drones to help monitor endangered animals over vast expanses of park land. The...
Instructional Video0:39
Next Animation Studio

Dozens of elephant carcasses found near Botswana wildlife sanctuary

12th - Higher Ed
The carcasses of 87 elephants have been found near the Okavango Delta wildlife sanctuary in Botswana, reports The BBC.
Instructional Video18:38
Brave Wilderness

I Cut Off a Rhino's Horn.

6th - 8th
Rhinos are dying. Poaching, habitat loss, and genetic fragmentation have collectively pushed rhino populations to the brink of extinction. Illegal and deadly horn poaching is far and wide the greatest threat to rhinos. To deter this...
Instructional Video0:48
Next Animation Studio

WWF presents new plan to save South Africa's rhinos

12th - Higher Ed
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has come up with a new program to combat rhino poaching in South Africa after a sharp rise in poaching over the last few years. A total of 388 rhinos have been poached so far this year with deaths expected...
Instructional Video6:49
The Economist

How to stop the ivory trade

12th - Higher Ed
If ivory poaching continues at its current rate the African elephant could be extinct within decades. Science is being used to better map ivory-trafficking routes, but will it be enough to save the iconic animal?
Podcast4:44
Independent Producers

Using DNA to Catch Poachers

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Game wardens in California are now using DNA fingerprinting analysis to help protect illegal poaching of wildlife. There are many species, from large game to shellfish, which are being illegally caught or killed for food. Since there are...
Instructional Video14:40
TMW Media

ChangeMakers Damien Mander - Combat Poaching in Southern Africa

K - 5th
ChangeMakers Damien Mander - Combat Poaching in Southern Africa
Instructional Video2:44
The Brain Scoop

Shark Fin CSI

6th - 10th Standards
Shark fin soup is quite a delicacy in Eastern cultures. Its high price tag makes shark fins a hot item for poachers! Scholars learn how investigators created a process to determine the shark species people hunted in a presentation. The...
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Listening to Elephants

9th - 10th
National Public Radio tells the story of Katy Payne and her attempts to study the Bai elephants of central Africa by listening to them. Great pictures and audio clips, plus documentation of Ms. Payne's fear that her research will be used...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Wildlife Csi

9th - 10th
An interview with Laurel Neme, the author of Animal Investigators, and experts from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. They discuss the field of animal forensic science and what animal investigators do. Aired May 1, 2009 [35:35]
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: The Elephant Bai

9th - 10th
The narrative of an expedition to visit rare forest elephants in the Central African Republic. Great audio clips of elephants.