May 16th is Endangered Species Day! A day all about bringing awareness to species that are struggling in the wild and to celebrate conservation efforts which aim to protect them. This day was created by the Endangered Species Coalition in 2006 to help with their mission to stop human-caused extinction to species and to help…
March 20th was World Frog Day and it was created to raise awareness of frogs and the challenges they face. What’s the big deal about frogs? There are over 7500 species of frogs in the world. Out of the 7500+ species of frogs, almost 900 species are endangered and over 500 species are critically endangered,…
When you think of animals and venoms, your first thought is probably snakes. You wouldn’t be wrong! There are around 600 species of venomous snakes with about 200 being able to seriously hurt or even kill humans. We don’t hold any of these snakes at Wingham anymore. However, we do still have our venomous lizards,…
