Wildlife

The story of a young ranger who combines the education of her two children with her commitment for the protection mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

Aner Etxebarria Moral | ES | 22 min.

Follows a backcountry ski guide & field biologist who set out to document an elusive population of wolverines. This short film celebrates the power of citizen science to protect endangered wildlife in the face of climate change.

Tyler Wilkinson-Ray & Colin Arisman | US | 26 min.

Hawksbill turtles are critically endangered globally, but today, grassroots conservation is delivering renewed hope for hawksbills in El Salvador. Each year, tens of thousands of hatchlings now begin their amazing life journey.

Jon Bougher | US | 8 min.

Discover a world of drugs, the timber industry, and a controversial decision not to list Pacific fisher under the Endangered Species Act. This story pulls back the veil on the lead-up to that surprise decision and what it means for their future.

Morgan Heim | US | 9 min.

Ghosts are stirring in Colorado’s high country. They haunt the trees, the water, the animals – the very fabric of the land itself. Gray wolves shaped this place for eons. This is the story of the past, present, and future of Colorado’s now extinct native wolf population.

Eric Bendick | US | 18 min.

In the vanishing lowland rainforests of Borneo, new research is underway to uncover and understand the unique cultural behaviors in wild orangutans. With their habitat disappearing at an alarming rate, this research may prove to be key in protecting this critically endangered species.

Melissa Lesh & Tim Laman | US | 17 min.

Bison were nearly exterminated across North America. Thanks to the Shoshone tribe and the National Wildlife Federation, bison have finally been brought back the Wind River Indian Reservation and a landscape that they once defined.

Colin Ruggiero | US | 9 min.