WCS Queens Zoo welcomes new female Andean Bear

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Restoration brings back fresh water, #wildlife to degraded #páramos in Ecuador https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/restoration-brings-back-fresh-water-wildlife-to-degraded-paramos-in-ecuador/

"#Ecuador’s Antisana páramo, southeast of #Quito, was degraded for centuries by cattle ranches... Once non-native livestock were removed and #restoration began, native vegetation, #wetlands, and species like #deer, #rabbits, #foxes returned... One of the most exciting findings was the presence of an #AndeanBear... this species passes down knowledge of trails from one generation to the next"

This biologist and her #RescueDog help protect bears in the #Andes https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/explorer-ruthmery-pillco-huarcaya-andean-bears

"Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya grew up in a village where #storytelling gives special power to the black #AndeanBear, the #animal she now studies as a field #biologist for a Peruvian nonprofit... The research project includes the river’s high mountain origins, where cloud moisture & melting snow form the beginnings of the world’s greatest river system. The Andean #bears’ role in this ecosystem is crucial"