Down to Earth With Dagmar

NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap spent several days with the lemurs at the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina learning about how the center is helping the Madagascar-native species.

The Ramona Grasslands Conservation Bank is an area that is free of development and home to burrowing owls, a species of great concern. NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap has more.

Governor Gavin Newsom recently proposed a beaver restoration program to help the animal back into the wild throughout California. NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap spoke to Beaver experts to find about the benefits to this program and why this would be a delicate project.

Last week on Down to Earth, we introduced you to a man who has dedicated his life to helping orangutans. This week, we find out why it’s really been a lifetime of effort. Here’s Dagmar with more.

Orangutans are only found in the wild in Borneo and Sumatra. A century ago, there were more than 230,000 in the wild. Today, there are less than half that. NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap has more.

In this week’s Down to Earth, NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap profiled some local organizations about the challenges they are facing and how people can help.

Researchers find that cutting carbon emissions will help slow changes to ocean currents and sea level rising. NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap has more.

How do scientists put identification tags on tiny monarch butterflies? NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap visited with Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, to get the answer to that question and more on the mysterious monarch butterfly.

A herd of goats in a field in Rancho Santa Fe is drawing a lot of attention recently. It’s called a “pop-up pasture” and it’s just the latest of its kind around San Diego.

Wildlife conservationists in the United States and Mexico can now track the peninsular pronghorn for the first time.

The Joro spider was first spotted in Georgia in 2013, recently this introduced spide, that’s as big as your hand, has rapidly spread across the eastern United States. There’s lots of misinformation circling about the Joro Spider, so NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap asked South African entomologist Barbara Wright to separate fact from fiction when it comes to ...

The first male Aye-Aye Lemur was born at Duke Lemur Center since 2011. What does that mean? NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap has more.

NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap discusses a key part of climate change.