blog Never give up - an unexpected encounter with the lost Hill’s horseshoe bat As the Director of the Endangered Species Interventions Program at Bat Conservation International, I spend a lot of my time Return of the Mac: The resurgence of Macquarie Island and the Subantarctic Bedstraw Realising that you’ve made a mistake is usually a discouraging experience, but there are a few exceptions to the rule. A Tropical Triumph: Saving the Jamaican Iguana The Jamaican Iguana has a dramatic boom-and-bust history. Described as abundant by renowned 17th century Irish aristocrat-cum-naturalist Sir Hans Sloane, Stumbling Upon an “Extinct” Rodent on the Edge A rat may not sound like an animal worth caring about. But, the San Quentin kangaroo rat (Dipodomys gravipes) is Who’s Protecting Who? The rediscovery of the Black Softshell turtle in the wild The deity, Vishnu, is a powerful figure within Hinduism. As a formless, abstract being, he is only recognizable in his How to Get the First Photo of an Extinct Monkey There had been no trace of Bouvier’s red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus bouvieri) since the 1970s. In 2008, after almost 40 19 years for a moustache The moustached mystery The existence of the Guadalcanal moustached kingfisher, also known as the Mbarikuku, had remained a mystery to Playing Hide and Go Seek in Kalalau Valley Hawai’i is easily one of the most isolated places on earth, home to over ten thousand species found nowhere else Hunting for a Harlequin - rediscovering the Jambato harlequin frog The Jambato harlequin frog was not always a rarity. Many villagers from the mountains of northern Ecuador remember the days The Cuban Solenodon: Is it a goat; is it a bird… no it’s a dinosaur rat! If I told you that I knew an animal that smelled like a goat, chirped like a bird, kills with Meet the Lost & Found team: Elliot Connor Elliot Connor is a young conservationist living in Sydney, Australia. He is a passionate insect-lover, and his raised fig tree In the Footsteps of Giants: Reviving the legacy of a lost naturalist If you’re reading this (and I’m pretty sure you are), then the chances are that you’ve heard of a bloke 1 2 3 Next »
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