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Stumbling Upon an “Extinct” Rodent on the Edge

21 October, 2019 by Lost & Found 1 Comment

A rat may not sound like an animal worth caring about. But, the San Quentin kangaroo rat (Dipodomys gravipes) is not your ordinary rodent. Kangaroo rats get around by jumping on their two hind legs like miniature, pouch-less kangaroos. One of the 22 species of kangaroo rat, the San Quentin kangaroo rat exists only in […]

Filed Under: Lost & Found Tagged With: animal, biodiversity, conservation, Dipodomys gravipes, extinction, Lost & Found, Lost and Found, Quentin kangaroo rat, rediscovery, species rediscovery

Who’s Protecting Who? The rediscovery of the Black Softshell turtle in the wild

14 September, 2019 by Lost & Found 1 Comment

The deity, Vishnu, is a powerful figure within Hinduism. As a formless, abstract being, he is only recognizable in his reincarnations. In one of his appearances, Vishnu appears as half man – half tortoise. This second turtle avatar, referred to as Kurma, helps “restore the cosmic equilibrium” in times of crisis, returning to the earth […]

Filed Under: Lost & Found Tagged With: animal, Black Softshell turtle, conservation, conservation optimism, India, species rediscovery, Wildlife

On the path of the Spreadwing

16 November, 2017 by Lost & Found Leave a Comment

We were threading on a narrow foot path, running across a rainforest leading to the Adam’s Peak mountain, the most sacred mountain in Sri Lanka and the fourth highest in the country. Our team of five naturalists was ascending the mountain slowly as we were frequently held by interesting animals, beautiful sceneries of forests, mountains […]

Filed Under: First Person, Lost & Found Tagged With: Amila Prasanna Sumanapala, animal, animal conservation, damselfly, drangonfly, Endemic, environmental conservation, extinction, insect, Lost and Found, Peak Wilderness Mountain, rediscovery, species, Sri Lanka, storytelling

Worth losing a finger for: the Anatolian meadow viper

17 July, 2017 by Lost & Found 2 Comments

The Anatolian meadow viper was always an enigmatic species. It belongs to the same group as many widespread vipers, such  as the common adder. However, unlike the common adder, which is distributed across Europe and Northern Asia, the Anatolian meadow viper lives only at the top of the Ciglikara mountain plateau, in south-west Turkey. Since […]

Filed Under: First Person, Lost & Found Tagged With: Anatolian meadow viper, animal, animal conservation, conservation optimism, earth optimism, endangered, environmental conservation, extinction, Lost and Found, Oleksandr Zinenko, rediscovery, reptile, snake, storytelling, threatened, Turkey, viper, Vipera anatolica

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