I recently wrapped up another one of my very favorite activities, participating in the Wildlife Conservation Network’s Rising Stars Graduate Scholarship Program. This program awards scholarships to help cover costs for Masters or PhD studies to young wildlife conservationistsand wildlife veterinarians from lower income countries, and … Continued
I am very pleased to announce the new Sabin Snow Leopard Grant awardees! Each year Zoo New England provides competitive grants to conservationists performing research on or helping to protect snow leopards in their range states in Asia. Snow leopard distribution … Continued
Zoo New England is very excited to announce a brand-new field conservation project! This is a four-year initiative, starting in April, 2026, that will focus on community-led conservation in the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. This project is supported with funding from … Continued
In my last blog on flying squirrels, I mentioned the King Kong of flying squirrels, the woolly flying squirrel. I wrote that this squirrel was a near-complete mystery to Western science for over a century, when it was first discovered and named … Continued
Not a lot of people are familiar with flying squirrels. That’s because around New England they are not only quite small, but also they are only out and about in the dark of the night. They’re also super-quick, so the odds are that you’ll only see … Continued