Pelecanus

Rights of Nature

Waccamaw Tribe becomes first SC government body to recognize the ‘Rights of Nature’

https://www.postandcourier.com/rising-waters/waccamaw-tribe-rights-nature-south-carolina/article_dc2287c7-2ca3-4a5d-a696-e87c8458cac2.html

Protections

Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO's World Heritage List

https://apnews.com/article/unesco-world-heritage-okefenokee-tidal-flats-3a531f2704d4806b3013c22c23247246

Rewilding

15 super-rare pygmy hogs released into Indian grasslands

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/pygmy-hog-release-kuribeel-india

Endangered red wolves rebound in NC with four litters of pups born this year

https://ncnewsline.com/2026/07/15/endangered-red-wolves-rebound-in-nc-with-four-litters-of-pups-born-this-year/

'Fifty years of work': Hawaiian stilt brought back from the brink

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/fifty-years-of-work-hawaiian-stilt-brought-back-from-the-brink/

Drawdown

California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-07-31/california-produced-over-half-its-may-electricity-from-solar-world-record

Rewilding

After Almost a Century, Wolves Return to Peloponnese, Greece

https://greekreporter.com/2026/07/30/wolves-return-peloponnese-greece/

Water

After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel

https://e360.yale.edu/features/sahel-groundwater-climate-monsoon

Biodiveristy

New species named after Cape Verde keeper Vozinha

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cn8kdxgxlkeo

Guatemalan zoo breeds rare lizards in bid to save endangered species

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/guatemalan-zoo-breeds-rare-lizards-bid-save-endangered-species-2026-07-08/

Critically Endangered White-Rumped Vulture Returns to Cambodia Refuge After Years of Effort

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/critically-endangered-white-rumped-vulture-returns-to-cambodia-refuge-after-years-of-effort/

Numbat conservation efforts pull native species from brink of extinction

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-12/numbats-pulled-from-immediate-extinction-risk/106903786

Drawdown

California solar surged ahead of gas in the first 5 months of 2026

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/california-solar-surged-ahead-gas-073000508.html

Biodiversity

Scientists Capture First-Ever Images of Cozumel Dwarf Fox

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-first-ever-photographs-of-cozumels-elusive-dwarf-fox-one-of-the-rarest-canids-in-the-world-180988961/

US to create genomic and cellular 'BioVault' for endangered species

https://www.ksl.com/article/51545832/us-to-create-genomic-and-cellular-biovault-for-endangered-specie

On this episode we talk with Allison Kreis, our 2026 Carrie Wilson Memorial Scholarship winner, Project Dragonfly student, and cofounder of La Tierra Del Jaguar, a non-profit based in Sonora Mexico for the conservation of Jaguars and Jaguar habitat.

We talk about conservation in Sonora, the organization she’s started and the work she is doing for her master’s degree within her community.

Please check out the social media pages and website for La Tierra del Jaguar and see how you can help.

@latierradeljaguar

latierradeljaguar.org

Also here is an article about Sonora being a food destination for Bacanora that Allison provided:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-of-the-world-2026/article/best-food-destinations

Hosts is Austin Parker

Producer is Austin Parker

Music was provided by A Picture Book studio

Drawdown

Solar power beats coal for electricity generation in US despite Trump policies

https://apnews.com/article/trump-solar-coal-mining-climate-electricity-50250099a4e94384af4aa9f197d62403

Biodiversity

Critically endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks just won full protection

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/critically-endangered-scalloped-hammerhead-sharks-105800036.html?

California Condor Flies Into Oregon for First Time in More Than a Century

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-condor-flies-into-oregon-for-first-time-in-more-than-a-century/ar-AA25mns5

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Designates 1.5 Million Acres of Critical Habitat for Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

https://xerces.org/news/organizational-news/us-fish-wildlife-service-designates-15-million-acres-of-critical-habitat

Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4pk07npvvo

Drawdown

IUCN launches IslandPlas plastic recovery network in Zanzibar, Tanzania

https://iucn.org/news/202605/iucn-launches-islandplas-plastic-recovery-network-zanzibar-tanzania

Rewilding

IUCN SSC and Fundación Parque Jaime Duque launch a new Center for Species Survival to aid endangered wildlife in Colombia

Wolf enters Sequoia National Park for 1st time in more than 100 years

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wolf-enters-sequoia-national-park-for-first-time-in-more-than-100-years/ar-AA23rk1L

Record Release of 842 Critically Endangered Corroboree Frogs in NSW

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/northern-corroboree-frogs-released-into-the-wild-nsw-taronga-zoo/106670248

Plant believed extinct for 60 years suddenly reappears

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260517211447.htm

Drawdown

Scientists Unveil Hemp Alternative to Plastic That Can Withstand Boiling Water and Stretch to 1,600% its Size

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-hemp-based-thermoplastic-greener-alternative.html

Biodiversity

Rare Dove Extinct In The Wild Hatches At San Diego Zoo Safari Park

https://patch.com/california/san-diego/rare-dove-extinct-wild-hatches-san-diego-zoo-safari-park

Kenyan conservationists reintroduce rare, critically endangered Bongo into the wild

https://apnews.com/article/endangered-kenya-mountain-bongos-reintroduced-wild-ebb168684b408dbd34d663e88c17bc53

Awards

Nigeria's Iroro Tanshi wins Goldman Environmental Prize for trying to save bats

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0krm128mgyo

Biodiversity

New Orleans aquarium rescues and rehabilitates 35 of the world's most endangered sea turtles

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-orleans-aquarium-rescues-and-rehabilitates-35-of-the-world-s-most-endangered-sea-turtles/ar-AA20YzEw

Critically endangered Borneo orangutan born at Madrid zoo

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260415-critically-endangered-borneo-orangutan-born-at-madrid-zoo

Critical Habitat Protected for Four Mussel Species Across 17 Eastern, Midwestern States

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/critical-habitat-protected-for-four-mussel-species-across-17-eastern-midwestern-states-2026-04-24/

Rewilding

Second hazel dormouse reintroduction planned at Bradgate Park

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvxkdlkegno

Endangered gray wolf from SF Zoo heads to New Mexico for conservation breeding

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/endangered-gray-wolf-from-sf-zoo-heads-to-new-mexico-for-conservation-breeding/ar-AA20cdJn

Drawdown

Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-2-4-in-2025-as-coal-hits-400-year-low/

Hawaii is turning ocean plastic into roads to fight pollution https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hawaii-plastic-pollution-recycle-roads