Anthony Cummings, Wesleyan’s Philip 71 and Lynn Rauch Endowed Professor of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Management, is an environmental scientist and avid runner. In March, he took on an extraordinary challenge: a Wild-a-Thon designed to spark conversations about wildlife conservation across an entire country. The 2026 Wild-a-Thon Series (March 8–18, 2026), hosted by the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission, spanned all ten of Guyana’s administrative regions and combined 13.1-mile runs, primary school art competitions, and secondary school panel discussions under the theme “Our Wildlife and Us.”
