Restoring Mona Island: Hope for Puerto Rican Biodiversity
Mona Island, Puerto Rico is a key nesting ground for endangered species–but it’s in danger! Read about our project to protect this beautiful, biodiverse island.
Tag: Critically Endangered
7 Island Species and the Race Against Extinction
Islands are biodiversity hotspots, yet the decline of island species is more rapid than anywhere else in the world. Island species have evolved over thousands of years in isolation, leading to a high proportion of island-endemic (found nowhere else in the world) species. These animals have often evolved without predators and therefore without defensive mechanisms […]
Islands: Hotbeds of Life and Epicenters of Extinction
Islands are biodiversity hotspots, but also extinction epicenters. Fortunately, there is a way to protect these vibrant ecosystems. Islands are home to a great diversity of rare and endemic species. With the advent of global travel, humans have spread around the world, ventured into these sensitive ecosystems, and in many cases, have introduced species that […]
Goat Islands a Sanctuary for Jamaican Rock Iguanas
Sanctuary status for Goat Islands means enhanced protection for Critically Endangered Jamaican Rock Iguanas. In 1990 the Jamaican Rock Iguana (Cyclura Collei) was believed to be extinct. In 2013, following a rediscovery, the Critically Endangered iguana came under threat by a proposal to develop critical iguana habitat. In 2016 a campaign to “Save Goat Islands” successfully stopped […]
Tahiti Monarch Fends off Nine Invasive Species
Conservationists are celebrating the slow but successful recovery of the Tahiti Monarch as it rebounds from the impacts of not one, not two, but nine invasive species. Tahiti is known for the beauty and diversity of species that call the island paradise home. One of these species, the Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra), is a small […]
Bermudian Rock Skink Hatchlings Spell Success
New Bermudian Rock Skink hatchlings mark the first sign of a successful captive breeding program, but more needs to be done before they can return to the wild. The Bermuda Archipelago is home to a wide array of native wildlife, but only one is an endemic terrestrial vertebrate: the Bermudian Rock Skink. This native skink […]
Kākāpō Research Reveals New Conservation Challenge
New research reveals that the New Zealand Kākāpō supplements its hormones with compounds similar to those found in native fruits and seeds. Sirocco the Kākāpō has made the New Zealand flightless parrot species famous, but with fewer than 200 individuals, the beloved bird is at serious risk of Extinction. The Critically Endangered Kākāpō is a […]
How Will Climate Change Facilitate Plant Invasion?
Scientists are assembling data to predict how climate change will drive plant invasions. With climate change in motion, plant species could migrate to regions that are changing to accommodate new species. Non-native (introduced) species are considered invasive when proof of harm to the ecosystem is observed. Climate change-driven shifts in abiotic factors–non-living features of the environment–could affect […]
Successful Conservation Intervention in the Chagos Archipelago
British Indian Ocean Territory, 10 April 2017: Conservationists from the Chagos Conservation Trust announce the first successful removal of invasive black rats in the Chagos Archipelago. Success! Conservationists with the Chagos Conservation Trust (CCT) are celebrating the news of a successful restoration mission to remove invasive rats from Ile Vache Marine. The Chagos Archipelago region rests just […]
The Big Question – Canary or Finch?
The Critically Endangered São Tomé Grosbeak is the world’s largest species canary but on the São Tomé Island invasive species create an uncertain future for the bird. Hidden in the rainforests of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa a brown and grey bird with a large, parrot-like beak forages for fruit. The bird in question, […]
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