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CBC Edmonton @cbcedmonton_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net · Aug 06, 2026
Brake for snakes: Strathcona County hopes to prevent garter snake deaths on rural road Strathcona County is implementing new measures to protect plains garter snakes from vehicle traffic. The move comes after more than 1,000 snake deaths were reported in recent years along a seven-kilometre stretch of Range Road 210, between Township Road 530 and Wye Road heading south. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/garter-snake-deaths-strathcona-county-9.7297435?cmp=rss
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CBC Canada @cbccanada_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net · Aug 05, 2026
Move over, Moo Deng: Pygmy hippo calf born at Toronto Zoo Toronto just got its very own Moo Deng. The Toronto Zoo says a female pygmy hippo calf was born Sunday morning to 20-year-old mother Kindia. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pygmy-hippo-calf-toronto-zoo-9.7297422?cmp=rss
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Ma Quest :ablobjam: @MaQuest@mastodon.green · Jul 25, 2026
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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne@mindly.social · Jul 22, 2026
📰 Canopy Bridges Enable 15,000+ Wildlife Crossings with Zero Roadkill 🌉 Amazon Brazil: Wildlife canopy bridges, secure rope structures, have reportedly facilitated more than 15,000 crossings while preventing any recorded roadkill on the camera-trap monitored structures. 🐒 Local organizations and business owners supported the work to conserve the unique biodiversity of their town and promote ecotourism. By reconnecting forest habitat fragmented by roads, the bridges allow arboreal animals to move safely between areas that would otherwise be separated by dangerous traffic corridors. 🌳 Award-winning biologist Fernanda Abra is expanding her Project Reconecta in the Amazon and beyond, preserving biodiversity and safety. 🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zero-roadkill-as-amazon-canopy-bridges-secure-15000-crossings/ #WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeConservation #Amazon #WildlifeCrossings #Biodiversity #Conservation
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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne@mindly.social · Jul 19, 2026
📰 Apex Predators Are Quietly Reshaping the West 🦅 Western U.S.: Bald eagles, gray wolves, condors, and black bears are back from the brink due to decades of environmental policy, habitat restoration, and public support. 🌄 Their return is restoring ecological function at landscape scale, from scavenger networks to trophic balance, even as some species adapt to more urbanized terrain. 🤝 Coexistence now depends on community‑level choices: wildlife‑friendly ranching, lead‑free hunting, habitat connectivity, and everyday tolerance that allows wide‑ranging species to move, feed, and reproduce safely. 🔗 https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/apex-predators-comeback-western-united-states/ #SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeRecovery #ApexPredators #HabitatConnectivity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #Biodiversity
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br00t4c @br00t4c@mastodon.social · Jul 16, 2026
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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne@mindly.social · Jun 28, 2026
📰 Community-built Habitats are Helping Save a Threatened Frog 🌱 Arizona: Volunteers and agencies construct ponds to restore habitat for the endangered Chiricahua leopard frog. 🌽 These human-made water systems counter drought, disease, and habitat loss that pushed the species toward extinction. 🤝 A collaborative conservation effort showing how local action and simple infrastructure can revive vulnerable species. 🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27062026/efforts-to-save-threatened-frog-in-arizona/ #SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeConservation #Wildlife #EcologicalRestoration #Frogs #HabitatRestoration #CommunityAction #Biodiversity #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateResilience
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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 28, 2026
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The fleeting scene, captured by a motion‑sensitive camera, showed a young #SumatranOrangutan pause at the forest’s edge, grip a rope with deliberate care & step out into open air. Halfway across, it stopped, casting a glance down at the road below. Moments later, it crossed. Conservationists said that it marks the first documented case of a #SumatraOrangutan using an artificial canopy bridge to cross a public road that had divided its #habitat. #WildlifeConservation #HabitatFragmentation
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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 28, 2026
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“This was the moment we had been waiting for,” Erwin Alamsyah Siregar, executive director of Indonesian conservation group Tangguh Hutan Khatulistiwa, or TaHuKah, told The Associated Press. “We are very grateful that the canopy here provides benefits for orangutan #conservation efforts.” #SumatraOrangutan #WildlifeConservation #wildlife #habitat #HumanEncroachment #HabitatFragmentation
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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 28, 2026
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He said that the bridge spans the Lagan–Pagindar road in Pakpak Bharat district, a vital corridor connecting remote villages to schools, healthcare & government services. But the road also cuts directly through prime #orangutan #habitat, splitting an estimated 350 #orangutans into two isolated forest areas: the Siranggas Wildlife Reserve & the Sikulaping Protection Forest. #SumatraOrangutan #WildlifeConservation #wildlife #HumanEncroachment #HabitatFragmentation
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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 28, 2026
Camera shows #SumatraOrangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a road in #Indonesia A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of #Sumatra, conservationists said Monday. Rapid development has been shrinking the #jungle #habitat of the critically #EndangeredSpecies, & fatal conflicts with people have been increasing. #WildlifeConservation #wildlife #HabitatFragmentation https://apnews.com/article/orangutan-crosses-canopy-bridge-indonesia-sumatra-9015f59ef2c9223e60ea7a749ff2a2ee
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