Hudson Bay, Manitoba
Polar Bears International
Long-term cub-survival research and sea-ice policy advocacy. Co-led from Glacier Run since 2009.
Conservation
One of just a handful of institutions worldwide with a captive breeding program for the black-footed ferret — North America's most endangered mammal. AZA Species Survival Plans across primates, polar bears, amphibians, and condors. $0.25 of every ticket and $1 of every membership go to the field.
Featured field report
Our team's seventeenth year of cub-survival research with Polar Bears International — and the numbers that are pushing US and Canadian policy toward a 2035 emissions target.
Programs
Hudson Bay, Manitoba
Long-term cub-survival research and sea-ice policy advocacy. Co-led from Glacier Run since 2009.
Panama
Captive populations of species threatened with extinction by chytrid fungus — a hedge against a possible mass extinction event.
Pantanal, Brazil
Camera-trap monitoring, anti-poaching support, and the ongoing genetic study of a fragmented population.
Sumatra
Habitat restoration in the Leuser Ecosystem and community education across the orangutan range.
Western US
Breeding and release support for one of the most successful endangered-species programs in modern history.
Global
Coordinated captive husbandry of amphibian species across more than 60 institutional partners.