IUCN Species of the Day: Rabb’s Fringe-Limbed Treefrog

  Photo credit: Brad Wilson, DVM   Rabb’s Fringe-limbed Treefrog, Ecnomiohyla rabborum, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This recently discovered species is found only in the mountains near El Valle de Anton, Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Panay Monitor Lizard

  Photo credit: Tim Laman   The Panay Monitor Lizard, Varanus mabitang, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This recently described monitor lizard is endemic to the island of Panay in the Philippines. A Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Fossa

  Photo credit: Ariadne Van Zandbergen   The Fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  It is the largest mammalian carnivore on Madagascar, and has a wide distribution in the less disturbed Continue Reading

Feathered Extinction: Habitat Loss and Illegal Trade Threaten Doom for Africa's Parrots, World Parrot Trust Africa to the Rescue!

Parrots have the largest number of threatened species of all bird families.  Over 100 of the 332 known parrot species are threatened with extinction in the wild, and the declines of about 78 of these are being fueled by habitat Continue Reading

Tattoo of the Day

  Tattoo by Jason Goldberg.