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How do you help people understand elephant behaviour and stay safe living alongside these huge herbivores? An elephant puppet really helps! Coupled with a simple toolkit which includes a noisy shakers fashioned from tin cans - Mwakimas - we're supporting local communities to life alongside wildlife. Read more about these simple, innovative and cost-effective solutions in our latest blog post 👇 https://lnkd.in/eF3Y9-i8

Do you ever find yourself being asked questions about empathy practices or the Network that you aren’t sure how to answer? Or do you have lingering questions about empathy for wildlife? We have a resource for you! This primer tells you all you need to know about the ACE for Wildlife Network, the case for empathy, tools you can use to effectively infuse this work into your organization and examples of projects done by Partners. Check out the primer here: https://lnkd.in/g5SjGRS7

Part 2 of Botanic Gardens of Sydney's What the Flora!? video is out, so now is the perfect time to watch both parts and see the whole story of how these marvellous native cycads are being saved from extinction. A big shout-out to our very own Tim Uebergang and Georgie Moyes for their contributions to this crucial work, which you can learn more about in the two videos.

If you liked this week's episode with Kevin Hancock, you might also enjoy this one from the archives: Looking Out for Bumblebees - This episode my guest is Gill Perkins, CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. We talk about bumblebee populations and habitats, what we can do to encourage and care for bumblebees in our gardens and about the role of bumblebees in tomato pollination, which came as a complete surprise to me! https://zurl.co/Bnxn

🤔🌍 Did You Know? 📚✨ Discover fascinating facts with our "Did You Know?" series! 🧐 We have shared our knowledge for this week 🌿🌎 Now, here's your chance! Drop your mind-blowing nature and wildlife facts in the comments below and let's keep the learning going! 📝🌳 #DidYouKnow #FunFacts #NatureFacts #LearningIsFun #ShareYourKnowledge #CommentYourFacts

"Dive into the science of Cholecalciferol as a rodenticide with Stephen Vantassel on Living The Wildlife! 🐀🔬 Learn the effectiveness of this method in our latest episode: [Cholecalciferol Rodenticide Explained] https://bit.ly/4bJ84OV #RodentControl #WildlifePodcast

Did you know the world’s smallest snake weighs less than a paperclip? Often cast as malevolent villains, we compiled 10 facts about this widely misunderstood group of animals that might change how you see them. Let's dive into the fascinating world of snakes! Discover 10 Snake Facts: https://nature.ly/4haadWB https://nature.ly/4haadWB

It's the last day of the City Nature Challenge! Don't forget to get out and identify! Here's your final daily challenge Location: Your Block🪴 Day four of the City Nature Challenge and it’s time to bring it back home. We all live in a larger community with both people and wildlife. Who are your non-human neighbors? Today’s challenge is to find evidence of wildlife on your block and upload it to iNaturalist. Species: Plant and animal interactions (trees & squirrels, bugs & plants, etc.)🐞🐝🌻🐿️🌳 Through the City Nature Challenge, you’ve interacted with wildlife all weekend. How do individual plants and animals interact with each other? Today’s species challenge is to find not one, but two species that are interacting such as a bee on a flower or a squirrel in a tree.

Curious about some of the devil ray species commonly found at landing sites in Sri Lanka? One goal of Blue Resources Trust (BRT), co-founded and directed by New England Aquarium MCAF Fellow Daniel Fernando, is to train community members how to identify endangered species at landing sites. Check out the post below to learn about the sicklefin devil ray, spinetail devil ray, and bentfin devil ray: https://lnkd.in/gsJ4C9NA

“What we do in wildlife is actually manage people…and we do that based on values. It’s driven by what the communities… that we live in value. We spend more money on the conservation of the wildlife that we value more, right or wrong.” Listen to the full episode with Dr. Erim Gomez at https://bit.ly/46E9t5Z