Tag: Flora

IUCN Species of the Day: Nuragica Columbine

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    Photo credit: Gabriele Carcangui/Arkive   Exclusively native to one site in the island of Sardinia (Italy), the Nuragica Columbine, Aquilegia nuragica, is classified as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is a perennial Continue Reading

Chad’s New Elephant Guardians…

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Keeping to his promise to ensure that Chad’s elephants fate will not become the same as in its neighboring countries, President Idriss Deby has deployed a highly trained military unit from the Chadian armed forces to aid in the protection Continue Reading