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Do you like pretty blue butterflies and endangered species?! Well, then this episode is perfect for you! In this episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Neysa Frechette of the Friends of Ballona Wetlands (@ballonafriends; https://www.ballonafriends.org) and Jacob Varvarigos from the Southbay parkland conservancy (@southbayparklandconservancy; https://www.southbayparks.org), representing...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife Critically endangered sea turtles lay eggs on Texas...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Study finds 100% renewables would pay off within 6...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series "The Possibilists" as well as our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Life Scientists discover new 'origins of life' chemical reactions https://www.sciencedaily....

Welcome to Pelecanus Deep Dives, where we take a headline from a recent Pelecanus NEWS episode and take a deep dive, just like a pelican, into the article and try and explain some of the more technical, nuanced, or maybe complex ideas of the story to help us all better understand our world. In this episode, our host Harrison Parker, a CalTech doctoral Candidate in atmospheric sciences, explains a...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series "The Possibilists" as well as our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rewilding Endangered amphibian species reintroduced in Colorado https://kdvr.com/news/local...

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Mat Charette of Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education society or TREES! T.R.E.E.S is a small grassroots ecological conservation organization hosting a research and education center in the hills of Belize. The TREES field station and research and education center functions as a wildlife ecology research and education center, focusing on tro...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Endangered Species Rare Endangered Whooping Crane Hatches at...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series Conservation Conversations, The Possibilists, and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Protected Areas Belize’s newest protected area is named after Sharon Ma...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife Saint Louis Zoo announces birth of two leopard cubs from cr...

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Vanessa Kilburn of Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education society or TREES! T.R.E.E.S is a small grassroots ecological conservation organization hosting a research and education center in the hills of Belize. The TREES field station and research and education center functions as a wildlife ecology research and education center, focusing on...

In this bonus episode we highlight our 2022 recipient of the Carrie Wilson Memorial Scholarship, Morgan Buehlmann. Morgan is a school teacher in St. Louis MO, as well as a grad student with Project Dragonfly and an everyday conservation hero that the world needs. Carrie R. Wilson was a staple of the community of San Diego for the last 50+ years. Carrie believed in community inspiration through dir...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife Endangered Hawaiian monk seal population highest in decades...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Wind Power Overtook Coal, Nuclear For First Time in U.S. on...

Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. https://www.pelecanus.org/the-possibilists.html In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around cons...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rights of Nature The first country in the world has given le...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife Endangered green turtles are bouncing back in the S...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Harvesting energy from the air: metasurface-based a...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Protected Areas Afro-Caribbean community safeguards pristine...

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Nikki Buxton of Belize Bird Rescue. Founded in 2004, Belize Bird Rescue is Belize's only multi-species avian rescue and rehabilitation center. Belize Bird Rescue has the ability to rehab and release all species of birds but specializes in saving parrots, including the endangered Yellow headed Amazon. If you’re listening to this episode,...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Wildlife California judge restores federal protection for gr...

Welcome to The Possibilists! The Possibilists is a podcast collaboration between The Smithsonian Earth Optimism and Pelecanus. conservationcommons.si.edu www.pelecanus.org In this partnership we spotlight conservationists working with a possibilistic attitude for solutions-based efforts to tackle the world's critical environmental struggles. We’re attempting to reframe the narrative around conserv...

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism "The Possibilists" and our new Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rewilding ‘We’re making babies’: After years in decline, Oka...

Welcome to Pelecanus Deep Dives, where we take a headline from a recent Pelecanus NEWS episode and take a deep dive, just like a pelican, into the article and try and explain some of the more technical, nuanced, or maybe complex ideas of the story to help us all better understand our world. While we will still release these as audio podcasts, this is really made for video as we’ll show diagrams, d...

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Emma Sanchez of Panthera Belize. Panthera is a global organization dedicated to conserving big cats from African lions to cheetahs to leopards and more! Panthera Belize is a hub for the Jaguar corridor initiative which is working to preserve the genetic integrity of the jaguar by connecting and protecting core jaguar populations in huma...