{"id":14827,"date":"2020-07-10T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=14827"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:08:10","slug":"help-the-hellbender-dr-stephen-spear-of-the-wilds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/help-the-hellbender-dr-stephen-spear-of-the-wilds\/","title":{"rendered":"Help the Hellbender: Dr. Stephen Spear of The Wilds, Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Dr. Stephen Spears the director of wildlife ecology at the 10,000 acre zoo in Ohio, The Wilds. Dr. Spears takes you on a virtual tour of their hellbender conservation center and gives us insight of where they find hellbenders in Ohio. Don&#8217;t miss the question and answer time with Dr. Spears and Purdue University&#8217;s wildlife biologists.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Help the Hellbender: Dr. Stephen Spear of The Wilds\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ic6sCfTiWE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/extension\/hellbender\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help the Hellbender Website<\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Hellbender Havoc, Video Game: <a href=\"https:\/\/envision-public-builds.s3.amazonaws.com\/HellbenderHavoc\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Purdue Envision PC<\/a> \/ <\/span><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/hellbender-havoc\/id1137718163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple App Store<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewilds.columbuszoo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wilds<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7XTV-p8jV7d0jjCO6aOeOSq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help the Hellbender<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension &#8211; Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-573-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Nature of Teaching: Adaptations for Aquatic Amphibians<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tquS_Ym2sI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hellbenders Rock!<\/a>, The Education Store<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.depts.ttu.edu\/provost\/bios\/rod-williams.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rod Williams<\/a>, Professor of Wildlife Science<br \/>\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Dr. Stephen Spears the director of wildlife ecology at the 10,000 acre zoo in Ohio, The Wilds. 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