Gerbilleria Ca' Rossa

27/04/2022

The sand dunes of Aburd (Bayan Ojuul) stretch as far as the eye can see. This somewhat lifeless landscape is an exceptional taxonomic laboratory. Here, our herpetologists and entomologists spend hours monitoring every inch of sand looking for reptiles and invertebrates. Surprisingly, this place gives a lot of fun even to carnivore ecologists. In fact, many predators are known to use this area for foraging or dispersal.
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
Text Editor: Luciano Atzeni
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06/02/2022

In 2015, during our first snow leopard camera trapping survey in Silkhem B National Park, horses were undoubtedly our most precious allies. Every day we made our way through a deep snow layer, looking for snow leopard signs for about 20 km. Temperatures were dropping as low as -15 °C and our backpacks were heavy with camera traps. What a time to be alive!
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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02/02/2022

The Gobi bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis) managed to thrive in the Gobi Desert exclusively thanks to the presence of a few small waterholes (about ten are known) and few oases. Only a few tenth of bear are left in this area, and successful conservation measure will have to tackle their demand for food and water in an increasingly warming climate.
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Photo by: Battogtokh Nasanbat
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26/01/2022

Parental care in snow leopards lasts about 18-20 months. Sub-adult snow leopards remain with their mothers until a few months before independence. Starting this period, they start to spend more and more time on their own, visiting their mother once in some days. When this period is over, they disperse to look for their own territories.
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Photo by: Battogtokh Nasanbat
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14/01/2022

On Wildlife Initiative Channel, we will present the behaviors of some of the most elusive and/or threatened fauna species on earth! We will tell you about ou...

30/12/2021

Il gatto di Pallas è una specie a rischio. Ora però puoi fare anche tu qualcosa per salvarlo: adottalo e salvalo dall'estinzione. I dettagli

18/12/2021

Un gatto di Pallas con la sua preda

A Pallas’s cat is walking to its den after a successful hunt!
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15/12/2021

This Pallas’s cat pelt was photographed in Tavan Bogd Protected Area, in the Mongolian Altai. We felt disheartened to see how poaching and hunting affect many of the species found in the area. Claws and skins of bear and wolverine are often exhibited with great pride.
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Photo by: Augugliaro
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14/12/2021

This Pallas’s cat was photographed near a precipice a dozen meters high. If we had deployed our camera in any of the other nearby passages, we would never have obtained a photo shot. In fact, it creeps under very low shelters, particularly during the daytime, when birds of prey are active.
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10/12/2021

The most efficient way to monitor Pallas’s cats is to look for these small isolated outcrops, surrounded by steppe environment.
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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06/12/2021

Mandakh is our conservation biologist in Bayan Onjuul, where we have been monitoring Pallas’s cat and other 30 mammals for many years. Mandakh has a Bachelor degree in Ecology, and she provides a remarkable contribution to Wildlife Initiative, being born and raised in that area!
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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05/12/2021

For the first time in 10 years our field station has been moved close to the mountain where we investigate Pallas’ cat ecology. The proximity to the camera trapping sites and the milder wind exposure conditions have allowed us to work certainly better than in the past.
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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03/12/2021

Nomad people move their gers three to eight times in a year, looking for fertile pastures. Sometimes they travel close to the few outcropping mountains in the steppe, to seek shelter from strong and frozen winds.
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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27/11/2021

23/11/2021

Building a chair!

25/10/2021

23/10/2021

Today 23 october 2021, we celebrate the Snow Leopard Day!
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17/10/2021

Poaching has devastating effects on elephant populations, as calves often struggle to survive once they become orphans.
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Photo by: Ivan Mazzon
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