All this week |
Tune in to TODAY for a week of wild animal adventures. Watch Matt encounter a whale, Meredith cavort with butterflies, Al trek with polar bears and Ann search for orangutans. TODAY also brings a bit of the journey live to the Plaza. |
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 Al's Arctic adventure May 17: TODAY's Al Roker comes face to face with polar bears and explains their struggle to survive on the increasingly dry Tundra. |
TODAY Goes Wild resources |
Wolf Conservation Center: Information on wolf conservation Monarch Watch: Educational outreach program based at the University of Kansas More on monarch butterflies from the World Wildlife Fund Polar Bears International: Learn more about polar bears and climate change Humpback whale facts from NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Information on the humpback whale in Alaska Whale Trust: Support field research on whales and their marine environment |
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 | Threats to our oceans Oceans may look pristine but experts warn that life below the sea could collapse. Click through this slideshow to see the threats listed in a 2003 report by experts with the Pew Oceans Commission. |
Orangutan resources |
Donate to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation Read about the critically endangered at The Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme Information about orangutans from the World Wildlife Fund Sebangau National Park, one of the largest remaining orangutan populations Orangutan Foundation International: Help the Great Red Ape United Nations Environment Programme report: "Last Stand of the Orangutan" Orangutan Conservancy: Preserving the remaining orangutan populations |
Zoos & orangutans |
There are 212 orangutans in captivity, 91 males and 121 females — 86 borneans, of which 33 are males and 53 females, 88 sumatrans, of which 39 are males and 49 are females and 38 hybrid orangutans of which 19 are males and and 19 are females. Hybrids are a mix of borneans and sumatrans. Click here for more information from zoos. |
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TODAY Goes Wild stories |
Images: Our wild week on TODAY Postcards from our week-long adventure around the world and on the Plaza |
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 | People of the forest TODAY’s Ann Curry shares images from her trip to Borneo to study the endangered orangutans. |
Threatened species |
Did you know that the "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species," which is put together by the IUCN, lists 7,725 animal species as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered? Each week, and with the IUCN's help, MSNBC.com will profile a threatened species. Check back each week, clicking here for the latest poster child for conservation. |
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 | Africa’s appetite
View images of the trade in bushmeat that international conservationists are hoping to curb. WARNING: SOME ANIMAL IMAGES ARE GRAPHIC. more photos |
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