Aquarists at ZSL London Zoo have launched a worldwide appeal to find a female mate for a fish species that is believed to have gone extinct in the wild.
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May 10, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Aquarium launches desperate search to save a species down to 3 individuals
January 09, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
How lemurs fight climate change
Kara Moses may have never become a biologist if not for a coin toss. The coin, which came up heads and decided Moses' direction in college, has led her on a sinuous path from studying lemurs in captivity to environmental
June 08, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Already on the edge, lemurs could become victims of climate change
Expanding beyond well-known victims such as polar bears and coral reefs, the list is growing of species likely to be hard hit by climate change: from lizards to birds to amphibians. Now a new study has uncovered another group of
May 31, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
‘No hope now remains’ for the Alaotra grebe
World governments have missed their goal of stemming biodiversity loss by this year, instead biodiversity loss has worsened according to scientists and policy-makers, and a little rusty-colored bird, the Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) is perha...
May 27, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Researchers: Madagascar rosewoods deserve CITES protection
A new policy paper in Science warns that several species of Madagascar's rosewood could be pushed to extinction due to a current illegal logging crisis on the island. These hardwood species should be considered for protection under Convention of Intern...
May 13, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Climate change devastating lizards worldwide: 20 percent estimated to face extinction
Lizards have evolved a variety of methods to escape predators: some will drop their tail if caught, many have coloring and patterning that blends in with their environment, a few have the ability to change their colors as their background
April 28, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Video: Madagascar could become "Haiti-like"
Niall O'Connor from the World Wildlife Fund warns in a Carte Blanche production that if the ecological destruction of Madagascar continues, the poor island country could become "Haiti-like", where he says, "most of the biodiversity, most of the forests...
April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day
The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty
April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day
The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty
April 06, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Once common tortoise from Madagascar will be ‘extinct in 20 years’
The radiated tortoise, once common throughout Madagascar, faces extinction within the next 20 years due to poaching for its meat and the illegal pet trade, according to biologists with the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and the Wildlife Conservation So...
