In the midst of new births at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, a mating pair of Great Horned Owls have returned to Disney’s Animal Kingdom to nest and hatch chicks. According to WDWNT reader, Mark Johnson, the pair of Florida-Native Great Horned Owls have been visiting the Maharajah Jungle Trek each spring season over the last several … Read more
Disney has relaunched their global “Protect the Pride” campaign in celebration of “Mufasa: The Lion King,” arriving in theaters on December 20. Disney’s “Protect the Pride” Campaign This conservation campaign aims to support the Wildlife Conservation Network’s (WCN) Lion Recovery Fund (LRF) and LRF’s partners working across Africa to double the number of lions in the wild … Read more
VP of Animals, Science and Environment for Disney Parks, Dr. Mark Penning, shared new photos of the twin baby cotton-top tamarin monkeys recently born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The twins were born to the park’s only other two cotton-top tamarins. They weigh about the same as a common chicken egg and measure approximately four inches … Read more
Get ready for another celebration. Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary this Earth Day, April 22, and Disney has confirmed limited time offerings will be coming to the park. This April, Disney has announced that there will be new ways to join in the Earth Day celebrations and Animal Kingdom’s big milestone. … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Sunday, June 5, 2022. Walt Disney World EPCOT … Read more
Are you a conservation hero? Disney’s Animal Kingdom is offering a new button in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World when you donate to the Disney Conservation Fund at participating locations across the park. Guests can receive a button for donations starting at $1 for their contributions, declaring them a “conservation hero.” … Read more
Former Walt Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde is a recipient of one of the first-ever Conservation Legacy Awards by the Disney Conservation Fund. Walt Disney Imagineering wrote on Instagram, “Today, former Imagineer Joe Rohde was announced as a recipient of one of the first-ever Conservation Legacy Awards by the Disney Conservation Fund. He has been recognized … Read more
Though it’s usually sad to leave EPCOT, one recent departure was very happy, as a manatee rehabilitated at The Seas with Nemo & Friends was returned to her natural habitat at Florida’s Blue Spring State Park. Walt Disney Parks & Resorts’ Director of Animal & Science Operations, Scott Terrell, DVM, DACVP, recently described the efforts … Read more
Disney Conservation and other organizations have joined forces to create a coral breeding program to help with Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease which is currently affecting coral reefs on the Florida coast. The groups have established the “Florida Coral Rescue Center” in Orlando, Florida, to help care for and safeguard these vulnerable coral reef species. … Read more
It was back in 2017 when Disney welcomed two new tiger cubs to the Maharajah Jungle Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, twins Anala and Jeda, the first Sumatran tiger cubs to ever be born at the theme park. Bred as part of a program to save critically endangered Sumatran tigers, Jeda has since been relocated … Read more
Earth Day celebrations are returning to Disney’s Animal Kingdom this year from April 18 through 24 (Earth Day is April 22). Guests will get to experience unique Disney character appearances, fun learning opportunities, exclusive merchandise, themed treats, and more. Here’s everything coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom for Earth Day next month, courtesy of Disney Parks … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more
This year’s button from the Disney Conservation Fund features an African elephant and is available now at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The button’s artwork is by Imagineer Morgan Lee Richardson, who designs each “Conservation Hero” button. Richardson shared a closer look at his colorful artwork on Instagram. Some fans who attended his Art of Conservation panel … Read more
One of my favorite channels to watch while staying at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel is the Disney Conservation Fund loop, which details all of the work environmentalists across the globe are doing to help preserve and protect endangered species. The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund started out 25 years ago in 1995, three years … Read more