Leap Day
Tiny Chameleons Discovered In Madagascar
Four new chameleon species found in Madagascar with an average adult length of an inch from snout to tail, which are among the tiniest reptiles in the world! For the complete story, click here.
Love Your Park Day
Dr. Laurie Marker at Safari West
Recognizing Rights of Nature
Recognizing Rights of Nature can Help us Achieve a Healthy Planet I just spent the better part of my weekend in a class discussing a global movement springing up around the concept of recognizing rights of nature, something I have…
Rescued! Baby Gorilla From Poachers
Poachers had tried to smuggle the eight-month-old female—likely taken from the Bukima area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) park—into Rwanda before being caught by Rwandan police.
Female Polar Bear Swims For 9 Days Straight
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana: Back from the Brink of Extinction
While thousands of species are threatened with extinction around the globe, efforts to save the Grand Cayman blue iguana represent a rarity in conservation: a chance for complete recovery, according to health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo…
Fighting Massive Declines in Frog Populations With Bacteria and Fungicides
A microscopic chytrid fungus is causing massive declines in frog populations all over the world and even the extinction of certain species.