In this program produced by Sharon Pieczenik and WYCTL Media, Erik Patel, PhD Candidate at Cornell University, discusses his efforts to save silky sifaka lemurs in Madagascar. Ninety-eight percent of Madagascar’s mammals, including the rare silky sifaka lemurs, exist nowhere else on Earth. Because of their white fur, and their amazing ability to fly through the forest, silky sifaka lemurs are called ‘angels of the forest.’ But silkies are one of the world’s top 25 most endangered primates. If ...
There was an error in the first posting version of this video. I think I have worked out the bugs. Enjoy! This is a promo for the longer version of the video. It is about Ph.D. candidate Erik Patel and his Malagasy collaborators as they try to save the endangered silky sifaka lemur.
Coming Soon - a video documenting the international scientists and local Malagasy collaborators who are trying to save the silky sifaka lemur. The silky sifaka lemur is one of the top twenty-five most endangered primates in the world. This is the first time this amazing species has ever been caught on tape!!!
Dr. Steven C. Amtrup is the team leader for the U.S. effort to study the polar bears of the Southern Beaufort Sea. He works with the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center. He also led the effort to map polar bear maternity denning sites in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and is the author of the chapter on polar bears in "Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Conservation," edited by George A. Feldhamer, Bruce C. Thompson, and Joseph A. Chapman. He is an a...
Dr. Randi Meyerson is a veterinarian at the Toledo Zoo. She also chairs the Polar Bear Species Survival Plan for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. She is closely involved with all issues concerning captive polar bears in North America. She played a leadership role in producing a comprehensive nutrition manual for polar bears in zoos as well as a husbandry manual and has been involved with a number of volunteer projects for Polar Bears International. This is an informal interview with ...
Norbert Rosing is an accomplished wildlife photogrpaher. I had the amazing opportunity to spend a day riding along with Mr. Rosing in Churchill, Manitoba while he tracked and photographed polar bears. We also found time to grab a quick interview about the course of his career and his techniques.
Ambassadors of the Arctic is a promotional film for Polar Bears International’s Leadership Camp. The film will be sent to possible private donors and corporate sponsors to help fund the program. Leadership Camp takes students from around the world and exposes them to over one week of intense fieldwork dealing with the plight of polar bears as an indicator for global climate change. The students keep daily web journals so that anyone online can follow along on with the students’ journey. After ...