• Causes Of Amphibian Declines, Still Not Totally Clear

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    We have recently witnessed rapid disappearance of many amphibian species. Find out more about the causes of amphibian declines here.

  • Golden Poison Dart Frog, The Most Poisonous Frog In The World

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Want to find out more about the golden poison dart frog, the most poisonous frog in the world? Here is what you are looking for...

  • Tropical Frogs, Real Indicators of Global Environmental Health

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Tropical frogs are considered to be the indicators of global environmental health. Learn more here...

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  • Animal Extinction and Endangerment, Main Causes

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Animal extinction of most recent times is mainly the result of expanding human demand for animal and other natural resources. Explore these and other causes in depth here.

  • Endangered Animals, Victims of Hostile Human Actions

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    <br/ Endangered animals are, no doubt, innocent victims of human actions. Learn more about them here.

  • Pollution Pictures

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Pollution pictures - find many of them here. Pollution, indeed, is not glamorous...

  • Gorilla Conservation, Crucially Important for Saving Gorillas

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Gorilla conservation efforts have already achieved a lot of success in the process of helping this critically endangered species on their road to recovery. But much more still needs to be done.

  • Mountain Gorillas, Amongst The Rarest of All Apes

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Mountain Gorillas have become extremely endangered in the wild due to many decades of their persecution by people. But conservation efforts are finally paying off. Read more here.

  • Endangered Gorillas, Vulnerable Animals Living Only in Central Africa

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Endangered gorillas, our close relatives, are a constant reminder to us that if we do not save them from extinction, we may never be able to gain more knowledge about evolution of life on Earth.

  • Endangered Dolphins

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Why are dolphins endangered? Humans are among the main causes of dolphin endangerment. Learn about other causes here.

  • Amphibian Conservation, Its Importance And Techniques

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    As more and more amphibian species disappear or become endangered, amphibian conservation is gaining special importance for the global environmental health. Read more here.

  • Wildlife Organizations and Their Commendable Work

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    Wildlife organizations do a fantastic job saving endangered animals in the wild. But they also attract some criticism about the way they work. Read more here.

  • Pollution Effects

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    <p Pollution effects on animals, humans and the environment can be devastating. Learn more here.

  • Global Warming News

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:30:33
    </pRead global warming news here.

  • Parvovirus in Orange County dogs

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:19:59
    A parvo alert from Orange County Animal Services: Multiple cases of canine parvovirus have spurred several new measures focused on disease prevention and community awareness. Perhaps the most noticeable will be the temporary closing of the Orange County Animal Services’ after-hours pavilion beginning Saturday, July 3, and a pilot in-field vaccination program to reach pets before [...]

  • Red, White and Zoo

    Updated: 2010-06-30 20:04:49
    The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, on U.S. Highway 17-92 west of Sanford, is planning to celebrate not only Independence Day but also its own 35th birthday on July 3 and 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Festivities include Musical Storytime with Mr. Richard, games, food, children’s crafts and animal encounters. For details, [...]

  • Your pets: Lizzie’s lunchtime

    Updated: 2010-06-30 19:57:42
    The ubiquitous lizards that populate Theresa Klongerbo’s porch and pool deck in Winter Park serve as the family’s informal pets, and they occasionally function as security guards and exterminators. As in many Florida homes, the lizards are abundant and have free run in the porch area — and sometimes the house when the French doors [...]

  • Latest reports on the climate debate

    Updated: 2010-06-30 18:55:42
    Dot Earth has Nobel Prize winner Burton Richter discussing how President Obama and the Senate should work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “I would start with those parts of the economy where the way to make progress is clear, the potential gains are large, and the required regulations are relatively simple. To me this says: [...]

  • DeGeneres helps donate food to Central Florida Animal Pantry

    Updated: 2010-06-30 06:12:12
    Halo, Purely for Pets, a producer of holistic pet-care products, is donating 5,000 meals of its Spot’s Stew to the Central Florida Animal Pantry, courtesy of Warner Bros. and Ellen DeGeneres on behalf of WESH-Channel 2. This donation is part of Halo’s and Ellen’s initiative to donate 1 million meals in 2010 to shelter pets and [...]

  • Sebae Anemone

    Updated: 2010-06-30 00:56:52
    Sebae Anemone "A beautiful anemone, a great clownfish host anemone, and the most readily availabe anemone to boot!" 11/15/2009 The long, pointed tentacles of the Sebae Anemone are so numerous that sometimes the mouth is not visible at all! The tentacles of the Sebae Anemone are generally whitish, violet, or greenish in color, and some specimens [...]

  • A note from our interns-send us your letters!

    Updated: 2010-06-29 16:06:18
    As interns for the National Climate Campaign, one of our responsibilities is to deliver letters from constituents directly to their senators.  We go to Capitol Hill everyday, carrying hundreds of letters and petitions, hoping to pass on the word to Senators that citizens in their states support comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation. We all love being a part of this awesome process.  [...]

  • Porpoises on brink of extinction

    Updated: 2010-06-29 09:07:47
    Finless porpoises, a rare type of toothed whale living in China, may be even more endangered than previously thought.

  • Ugly-dog contest: Check out pictures of the pooches

    Updated: 2010-06-29 06:10:01
    I’d say there are no ugly dogs, certainly not in the eyes of their doting owners, but contests celebrating them seem to be a tradition. So here’s the latest from the ugly-dog-contest circuit. And click here to see a photo gallery of the dogs. In Petaluma, Calif., a rescued Chihuahua’s oddly curved back and legs and closed-up left eye [...]

  • The Purple Hairy Mushroom

    Updated: 2010-06-28 23:52:31
    Purple Hairy Mushroom "I can be purple or red… or a bunch of different colors. But one thing’s for sure, I’m hairy!" 1/15/2010 The Purple Hairy Mushroom is similar to its cousin the Green Hairy Mushroom, but they don’t grow as large! The Purple Hairy Mushroom is another member of the Rhodactis genus that is easy to care for, [...]

  • June 28th, 2010 – The voices of a new clean energy future

    Updated: 2010-06-28 19:47:36
    ToledoBlade.com -“Climate for change?” Editorial “Despite all the critics, the time is ripe to take comprehensive action on climate and energy.” “Every day the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues is a reminder of the perils of our addiction to carbon-based energy sources. Passing a bill will be tough, but doing nothing will be tougher [...]

  • Planting figs could save endangered species in Borneo

    Updated: 2010-06-28 17:19:00
    In one of the most remote and undisturbed forests of Borneo, the Maliau Basin in the Malaysian state of Sabah, researchers picked a single fig tree (Ficus caulocarpa) and surveyed the species feeding from it over a 5-day-period. Their findings, published in Tropical Conservation Science, shows that a fig tree over a short period of time feeds a high percentage of endangered species, prompting researchers to recommend replanting figs in disturbed forests as a way to save Borneo's frugivores (fruit-eating species) from extinction.

  • Forest loss occurring around Kibale National Park in Uganda

    Updated: 2010-06-28 15:56:00
    A new study in Tropical Conservation Science finds that Kibale National Park in Uganda has retained its tropical forest despite pressures of a dense human population and large-scale clearing activities just beyond the border of the park. Home to twelve primate species, including Chimpanzees, the park is known as a safe-haven for African primates.

  • How do Asian elephants survive in fragmented and unprotected landscapes?

    Updated: 2010-06-28 15:53:00
    A new study in Tropical Conservation Science has found that Asian elephants living in a combination of fragmented forests and agricultural landscapes still depend on natural landscapes—rivers and forests—for survival. Following two herds of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in the Valparai plateau among the Anamalai Hills of India for three years, researchers found that the elephants spent much of their time, relative to their availability, near rivers and amid forest fragments. When they entered agricultural landscapes they preferred Eucalyptus and coffee to tea.

  • Gone Not Fishing…

    Updated: 2010-06-27 22:24:51
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  • Brown Glass Anemone

    Updated: 2010-06-27 22:24:20
    Brown Glass Anemone "I’m an aiptasia that can be brown or more of a white, so I’m also well known as the Pale Anemone!" 10/3/2009 The Brown Glass Anemone may not be a hero in the reef tank, but it has a claim to fame in the [...]

  • June 26th, 2010 – The voices of a new clean energy future

    Updated: 2010-06-26 20:02:34
    Winston-Salem Journal – “At first light” Editorial “We can't condemn the suppliers, but over time we can change the economic model. The notion of clean energy now holds a whole new meaning. It's time to embrace it.” The Ledger – “On Global Warming, Listen to NASA Rather Than Those Who Profit” By Debra Frances, resident [...]

  • Paws for Vets for wounded warriors

    Updated: 2010-06-26 05:38:50
    Colleague Kate Santich writes about Paws for Vets, an Orlando nonprofit organization founded by Michele Malloy to provide psychiatric service dogs, trainers and supplies to military veterans who need help dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. Read about Michele’s work and some of the people she has helped by clicking here.

  • Branching Flowerpot Coral

    Updated: 2010-06-25 22:06:53
    Branching Flowerpot Coral Alveopora Sp. "Do you like to pick Daisies? Better yet… how about a perfect flower bouquet centerpeice in an aquarium!" 6/22/2010 The Branching Flowerpot Coral is a delicate beauty, but also quite rare both in nature and in captivity! [...]

  • Oscar, the bionic cat

    Updated: 2010-06-25 20:46:34
    Oscar the cat, whose hind legs were severed by a combine harvester, stands on his own two feet, plus two more.  Two-year-old Oscar can walk again after being fitted with prosthetic limbs in a world-first operation. Oscar was given a pair of artificial limbs by veterinary surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick, using a technique developed by a [...]

  • June 25th, 2010 – The voices of a new clean energy future

    Updated: 2010-06-25 20:02:23
    The Times Ledger – “Country’s security dependent upon energy legislation” By Joseph O. Monitt, executive director of the Philadelphia-based Clean Air Council “We must let our elected officials, specifically Sen. Arlen Specter, of Philadelphia, and Sen. Bob Casey, of Scranton, know that we need them to be leaders in passing strong climate and energy legislation, [...]

  • The Magnificent Sea Anemone

    Updated: 2010-06-25 02:16:13
    Magnificent Sea Anemone "This beauty and its frolicking clownfish… just makes you want to get a bigger reef tank!" 11/20/2009 First called the Ritteri Anemone, it is now known as the Magnificent Anemone… And it sure is! The Magnificent Anemone is an absolute favorite. It used to be known primarily as the Ritteri Anemone because [...]

  • Kitten adoption update

    Updated: 2010-06-24 21:52:23
    In case you were wondering, Diane Gagliano sends an update on Seminole County Animal Services’ Smitten with Kittens adoption day: “I am still up in the clouds about the huge success we had at our Smitten with Kittens event. There were actually 27 kittens adopted. Someone came back on Sunday to adopt two that they saw [...]

  • Dog vitamin recall

    Updated: 2010-06-24 21:26:49
    A news release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: United Pet Group, Cincinnati, Ohio, is voluntarily recalling all unexpired lots of its PRO-PET ADULT DAILY VITAMIN tablets for dogs because of possible salmonella contamination. The product was sold nationally at various retailers. The product comes in 100-count white plastic bottles with a light blue label, and [...]

  • Scientists warn that Malaysia is converting tropical forests to rubberwood plantations

    Updated: 2010-06-24 15:46:00
    The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has condemned Malaysia's booming practice of converting tropical forests into rubberwood plantations, arguing that the conversion threatens Malaysia's biodiversity, endangered species, and releases significant greenhouse gas emissions.

  • World cup crazy!

    Updated: 2010-06-24 10:07:56
    Temperature: -34.5°C Wind speed: 0 knots Temp with wind chill: approximately -34.5°C Moonrise: above horizon Moonset: above horizon You’d think that an international soccer (sorry, football) championship over 5000km away would be the last thing on our minds here in the Antarctic – but that can’t be further from the truth! FIFA World Cup mania has solidly hit Scott [...]

  • Silver Marten Rabbits – Syndil and Raven

    Updated: 2010-06-22 22:01:13
    Syndil and Raven "What could be cuter than a rabbit?" 2010-04-05 Here’s what Lisa Stone says about Syndil and Raven: "As rescue bunnies they are very timid, still not sure of me. I found their weekness a rabbit pellet. Now when I come into the room they chase me all over thinking I might have a treat. If [...]

  • Maldive Coral

    Updated: 2010-06-22 02:43:56
    Maldive Coral Pavona maldivensis "This velvety beauty is a super starter coral for the new reef keeper!" 2/03/2010 The Maldive Coral is a fast growing SPS that is not only easy to care [...]

  • New plan to save the chimpanzee from extinction

    Updated: 2010-06-21 16:40:00
    Humankind's closest relative, the chimpanzee, is classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Threatened by habitat and forest loss, hunting for bushmeat, trafficking for the illegal pet trade, mining, and disease, the species remains in a precarious position. Yet a new 10-year-plan with East and Central African hopes to ensure the chimpanzee's (Pan troglodytes) survival. The plan, which focuses on one subspecies of four, the eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii), pushes for the conservation of 16 core areas that would protect 96 percent of the eastern chimpanzee population.

  • Fossa is Species of the Day

    Updated: 2010-06-21 12:40:32
    The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is a unique carnivore, endemic to Madagascar, is EDGE Mammal number 43, and is today’s IUCN Species of the Day. There has been considerable dispute over where the fossa sits in the mammal evolutionary tree - it was originally classified as a felid due to its cat-like head and body shape [...]

  • Tabby Cat – Jack

    Updated: 2010-06-20 20:31:20
    Jack "He plays hide and seek with what??" 2010-04-05 Here’s what A B Barham says about Jack: "He is a one year old male cat, weighing 10 pounds. Last night I awakened feeling a strong breeze. Turns out Jack had pulled on the long cord attached to the ceiling fan over my bed. He is [...]

  • BP OIL SPILL from the air

    Updated: 2010-06-20 17:28:59
    These images are from “James Duncan Davidson, TED’s conference photographer, [and he] is among a crew of five photographers and videographers reporting on the Gulf of Mexico for the TEDxOilSpill Expedition.” You can find more photos from the TEDxOilSpill Expedition on the Flickr page of duncandavidson, and you can follow TEDxOilSpill on Twitter or read [...]

  • Armchair Safari Video Audition on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)

    Updated: 2010-06-20 03:15:49
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  • Maxima Clam – Tridacna maxima

    Updated: 2010-06-19 18:40:33
    Maxima Clam – Tridacna maxima "Some call me the "Holy Grail of the Reef Aquarium! I guess it’s because I am so good looking. Now I’m not just talking, you can see for yourself how vibrant and unique I am!" One of the favorite giant clams [...]

  • African Grey – Cosmo

    Updated: 2010-06-18 21:03:08
    Cosmo "Guess what Cosmo has learned to say and do!" 2010-03-28 Here’s what Michelle Endsley says about Cosmo: "Cosmo is a sweetheart. She talks a lot. She says hello or hi when guests come in and she says bye when they leave. She has fun with the words she speaks. She will take 2 words [...]

  • New protected areas established in Brazil's fragmented Atlantic Forest

    Updated: 2010-06-17 21:47:00
    Brazil has designated an additional 65,070 hectare (161,000 acres) of land to be protected in the Mata Atlantica, or Atlantic Forest. The land is split between four new protected areas and an expansion of a national park.

  • Solenodon is Species of the Day!

    Updated: 2010-06-17 11:53:36
    I don’t know how but the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) figured out that it is my birthday today (17th June) and I suspect that’s why they decided to make the solenodon the “Species of the day” today. Its all part of the IUCN involvement with the “International Year of Biodiversity” so please [...]

  • Malaria increases 50 percent following deforestation in the Amazon

    Updated: 2010-06-16 16:40:00
    A new study shows that deforestation in the Amazon helps spread disease by creating an optimal environment for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The study, published in the online issue of the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, found that clearing forests in the Brazilian Amazon raised incidences of malaria by almost 50 percent.

  • OCEANS: Harp seals on thin ice

    Updated: 2010-06-14 14:47:10
    I think that the bigger problem for harp seals is the loss of sea ice due to global warming. - Brian Skerry In this TED talk, National Geographic photojournalist Brian Skerry illustrates, with his underwater photography, the ocean’s natural glory, but he also shows the horror that anthropogenic activities have brought onto oceans around the [...]

  • To save species, Malaysia implements daring plan to trap wild Bornean rhino

    Updated: 2010-06-13 15:46:00
    With less than 40 individuals left in the world, the Bornean rhino is a small step away from extinction. Yet conservationists and government officials in the Malaysian state of Sabah are not letting this subspecies of the Sumatran rhino go without a fight. Implementing a daring last-ditch plan to save the animal, officials are working to capture a wild female to mate with a fertile male named Tam, who was rescued after wandering injured into a palm oil plantation two years ago.

  • Bumblebee bat is Species of the Day

    Updated: 2010-06-13 04:31:10
    The smallest mammal in the world is EDGE Mammal number 49 and is today’s Species of the Day. This tiny bat weighs less than 2 grams. Its body is about the size of a large bumblebee, hence the common name “bumblebee bat”. This bat constitutes the sole known representative of an entire family of bats (Craseonycteridae). [...]

  • Top Training Mistakes Dog Owners Make

    Updated: 2010-06-12 14:41:05
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  • From Oceana: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Proves Deadly for Sea Turtles in Gulf of Mexico

    Updated: 2010-06-10 17:42:26
    Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Proves Deadly for Sea Turtles in Gulf of Mexico Oceana Releases New Report about Impacts of Oil on Sea Turtles and Threats to Populations June 10, 2010 Washington, D.C. Contact: Dustin Cranor ( dcranor@oceana.org ) Oceana, the world’s largest international ocean conservation organization, released a new report today that finds the [...]

  • Enriching the Lives of Animals (Video)

    Updated: 2010-06-10 01:23:17
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  • CAN YOU SEE ME? | ANIMAL CAMOUFLAGE

    Updated: 2010-06-08 03:04:28
    Unless heard or seen in flight, nightjars are rarely observed due to their impressive ability to blend into their environment. Some excellent images showing cryptic nightjars: Long-tailed nightjar image via Slender-tailed nightjar image via White-tailed nightjar image via See more animal camouflage here on The Conservation Report. — Photo source for attribution here, here, and [...]

  • Center for Biological Diversity says: Tell Obama no Whaling on our Watch

    Updated: 2010-06-07 23:10:33
    Tell Obama: No Whaling on Our Watch Right now President Obama is poised to support a proposal that will allow commercial whaling. Such whaling has been prohibited for decades, and this would be an unacceptable setback for ocean conservation. Beginning June 21, 2010, the International Whaling Commission will meet to consider a proposal to allowing [...]

  • Forgotten species featured in fashion collection

    Updated: 2010-06-07 18:13:25
    Four top priority EDGE species have been highlighted in a unique fashion collection, Simply Rare, which features the long-beaked echidna, slender loris, saiga antelope, and long-eared jerboa. Student Rachel Browne designed the pieces as part of her final collection for her degree at the Arts University College Bournemouth. Rachel wanted to highlight the plight of these animals [...]

  • Gabon bans log exports

    Updated: 2010-06-07 15:09:00
    On May 15th the West African nation of Gabon implemented a total ban on log exports. According to the International Timber Trade Organization (ITTO) the ban has been efficiently enforced to date and log exports from Gabon have "completely halted".

  • Indonesia identifies possible sites for forest conservation pilot project

    Updated: 2010-06-06 22:52:00
    The government of Indonesia has named four forests which could serve as pilot projects for its conservation deal with Norway, according to the Jakarta Post. The deal, including a billion US dollar donation from Norway, is meant to help Indonesia stem rampant deforestation throughout the nation, which has pushed Indonesia to become the world's third highest greenhouse gas emitter.

  • World Environment Day Thoughts & Video

    Updated: 2010-06-06 00:54:33
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  • Firday Insanity 2.34

    Updated: 2010-06-05 01:02:09
    In honor of Armando Galarraga.

  • Extraordinary saiga is Species of the Day

    Updated: 2010-06-03 06:00:52
    The saiga (Saiga tatarica) is EDGE mammal conservation priority number 62, and is today’s IUCN Species of the Day. This extraordinary-looking antelope is found in central Asia in about five distinct sub-populations. The saiga’s over-sized nose is thought to be an adaptation for warming and moistening inhaled air during the winter, filtering out airborne dust during [...]

  • Diary of a Mouse

    Updated: 2010-06-02 11:14:07
    Temperature: -26°C Wind Speed: 5 knots Temp with wind chill: -31°C ‘Scott Base, Scott Base. T4 heading over to McMurdo, 2 P.O.B.’ ‘Copy that T4 – drive safely!’ The Antarctic environment poses special risks to the traveller; storms can come on suddenly, leading to dramatic drops in temperature and reduced visibility, unseen crevices lie beyond the flagged routes, and [...]

  • Last Survivors - special edition solenodon blog

    Updated: 2010-06-02 07:00:04
    We were not expecting to write another blog until mid June but there is lots of exciting news that we want to share with you and so it warrants this special edition blog. Cristina Fernandez Secades, a student from Imperial College, has joined the project. She has hit the ground running and has already had a [...]

  • Orals mode activated

    Updated: 2010-06-01 23:14:36
    As I begin to ease into the work of studying for quals, I may end up going down a path of pedantry that none of you signed up for. To wit: fossorial (burrowing), etymology: from the latin fossa (n. ditch) or the latin fodere, to dig. As opposed to, of course, arboreal (inhabiting trees) or cursorial [...]

  • More photographs

    Updated: 2010-06-01 18:06:51
    Some beautiful photographs of endangered species of the United States.

  • Rhino poaching: A global phenomenon

    Updated: 2010-06-01 16:25:00
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  • Tea plantations threaten amazing purple frog

    Updated: 2010-05-27 11:38:11
    The Purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) is a flagship species for conservation in India. Its distribution is restricted to two states in peninsular India, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It has been reported only from a few localities. According to available information about its range of distribution and potential threat it has been categorized as ‘Endangered’ in [...]

  • New bird discovered in Colombia—and released alive

    Updated: 2010-05-26 20:35:00
    SHARE : print New bird discovered in Colombia—and released alive Jeremy Hance mongabay.com May 26, 2010 Researchers have discovered a new species of antpitta in the montane cloud forests of the Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve in western Colombia . A thrush-like bird , the new cinnamon and gray species was , according to a press release by the American Bird Conservancy ABC captured , banded , measured , photographed , sampled for DNA , and then released alive back into the wild This is one of only a few incidences in which a new species has been described without collecting' an individual i.e . killing to provide a model of the species in a museum . The new bird has been named Fenwick's antpitta Grallaria fenwickorum after the President of ABC , George Fenwick , and his family . Fenwick's

  • World's 'number one frog' faces extinction from New Zealand government

    Updated: 2010-05-26 16:29:00
    SHARE : print World's number one frog' faces extinction from New Zealand government Jeremy Hance mongabay.com May 26, 2010 Archey's frog is a survivor : virtually unchanged evolutionarily for 150 million years , the species has survived the comet that decimated the dinosaurs , the Ice Age , and the splitting of continents . Seventy million years ago New Zealand broke away from Australia , essentially isolating Archey's frog and its relatives from all predatory mammals . Yet , if the New Zealand government has its way this species may not survive the century , let alone the next few decades . The New Zealand government has put forward a controversial proposal to begin opening three of the nation's protected areas to mining : Great Barrier Island , Paparoa National Park , and Coromandel

  • Long-distance seed dispersal and hunting, an interview with Kimberly Holbrook

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:48:00
    Scientists are just beginning to uncover the complex relationship between healthy biodiverse tropical forests and seed dispersers—species that spread seeds from a parent tree to other parts of the forest including birds, rodents, primates, and even elephants. By its very nature this relationship consists of an incredibly high number of variables: how abundant are seed dispersers, which animals spread seeds the furthest, what species spread which seeds, how are human impacts like hunting and deforestation impacting successful dispersal, as well as many others. Dr. Kimberly Holbrook has begun to answer some of these questions.

  • Photos reveal paradise-like site for coal plant in Borneo

    Updated: 2010-05-21 00:48:00
    SHARE : print Photos reveal paradise-like site for coal plant in Borneo Jeremy Hance mongabay.com May 21, 2010 With the world's eyes on the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico , many are beginning to ponder the rightness of not just America's , but the world's dependence on fossil fuels . Yet large-scale fossil-fuel energy projects continue to march ahead , including one in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo to build a 300 MW coal plant , which has come under fierce opposition from locals already the project has been forced to move locations twice The newest proposal will build the coal plant , as photos below reveal , on an undeveloped beach overlooking the Coral Triangle , one of the world's most biodiverse marine environments , with transmission lines likely running

  • News Roundup

    Updated: 2010-05-19 22:04:26
    An enormous timber deal has been signed in Canada, protecting or conserving about 72 million hectares of land. You can’t say it enough: communicating conservation research and management is critical to successful projects. Some cool new iPhone apps, one for bird watchers and one for gorillas. The BirdsEye app is especially cool, with up-to-date information on other [...]

  • Real Talk

    Updated: 2010-05-18 04:14:18
    Wow, some fantastic, earnest conversation about the current state of conservation going on at the GECP (live here), it will also be archived for later viewing if you missed it. Paraphrase: we need to stop worrying about individual species going extinct; nature is more resilient than we are; etc. Lively debate. “The intrinsic argument for [...]

  • Educating Conservation Professionals

    Updated: 2010-05-18 00:00:55
    Just returned home from UC Davis, where the John Muir Institute of the Environment was hosting a day-long forum, “Exploring New Opportunities for Educating Conservation Professionals” (here’s the blog). Two fora in the morning, both hosted by Andrew Revkin, focused on how to prepare graduate students for jobs in conservation. The first panel were a [...]

  • Elephants march in London, trumpeting conservation

    Updated: 2010-05-17 18:07:00
    Although urban Britain is not the native habitat of the Asian elephant, the well-loved pachyderm has invaded London for the summer. Raising awareness and funds for the threatened Asian elephant, 250 fiberglass statues by different artists are being displayed all over London. At the end of the summer the elephants will be auctioned off. All the proceeds from the art parade will go to Elephant Family, a conservation organization whose mission is to save the Asian Elephant from extinction.

  • One man's mission to save Cambodia's elephants

    Updated: 2010-05-17 17:38:00
    SHARE : print One man's mission to save Cambodia's elephants Jeremy Hance mongabay.com May 17, 2010 Since winning the prestigious 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize in Asia , Tuy Sereivathana has visited the US and Britain , even shaking hands with US President Barack Obama , yet in his home country of Cambodia he remains simply Uncle Elephant' . A lifelong advocate for elephants in the Southeast Asian country , Sereivathana's work has allowed villagers and elephants to live side-by-side . Working with Fauna and Flora International FFI he has successfully brought elephant-killing in Cambodia to an end . As if this were not enough , Sereivathana has helped curb the destruction of forests in his native country and built four schools for children who didn't previously have formal education

  • Photos: more new species found in Indonesia's 'lost world'

    Updated: 2010-05-17 14:04:00
    The Foja Mountains on the Indonesian side of New Guinea have proven a biological treasure trove that just keeps spilling riches. Two-and-a-half years ago the region—dubbed Indonesia's 'lost world'—made news globally when researchers announced the discovery of a giant rat: five times the size of the familiar brown rat. New amphibians, birds, and insects have also been found during past expeditions in 2005 and 2007. A collaborative team of Indonesia and international researchers have since returned to the Foja Mountains and found more spectacular species.

  • Collapsing biodiversity is a 'wake-up call for humanity'

    Updated: 2010-05-10 20:21:00
    A joint report released today by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UN Environment Program (UNEP) finds that our natural support systems are on the verge of collapsing unless radical changes are made to preserve the world's biodiversity. Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ahmed Djoghlaf, called the bleak report "a wake-up call for humanity."

  • Protected areas vital for saving elephants, chimps, and gorillas in the Congo

    Updated: 2010-05-10 00:27:00
    In a landscape-wide study in the Congo, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) found that core protected areas and strong anti-poaching efforts are necessary to maintain viable populations of forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, and chimpanzees—all of which are threatened with extinction.

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