What is a hero?

“I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it’s a verb.” – Robert Downey...

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November 4, 2021

One Health, One World

*Achoo!* We have all been there, sitting on a bus, in a classroom, office, or at the grocery store and...

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September 29, 2021

“No Animals Harmed”… the price of fame

Thinking back to movies and TV shows I enjoyed growing up, many of them included non-human primate actors. Primates are...

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September 1, 2021

Trading turtles and tortoises

“Suitcase Filled with 185 Live Baby Tortoises Wrapped in Plastic Discovered at Galápagos Airport” – March 2021 “DNA Test Stops...

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August 4, 2021

Animal inspiration

If you could live one day as another animal, which species would you want to be, and why? I started...

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June 29, 2021

The power of sharing (on social media)

Scroll, scroll, like…scroll, comment…scroll, scroll, share. Even without a description, many people know what activity is being referred to. Social media has...

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June 2, 2021

Break for summer responsibly

Let’s talk about travel! Now that brighter (and warmer) days are ahead of us, you and your family or friends...

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May 24, 2021

Hit “share” for native songbirds

When you think about wildlife trafficking, the first thing that probably pops into your head is elephant ivory or rhino...

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May 4, 2021

Take flight in May

Take flight with us this May as we learn more about the wildlife trade and how it affects birds. Why...

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April 7, 2021

Big cats and wildlife trade

This past month, as we marked the one-year anniversary of the United States shutting down due to COVID-19, many people...

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