IUCN Species of the Day: Cave Catfish

Photo credit: Charles Maxwell/Underwater Video Services   The Cave Catfish, Clarias cavernicola,, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED‘ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Spiny Dogfish

  Photo credit: Andy Murch   The Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthias, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This relatively small shark is principally found in coastal waters of the eastern and western Atlantic, the Continue Reading

Video of the Day: Paper, Plastic, or Pouch?

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDpU75J5V4o&playnext=1&list=PL97792F010C17930F&index=28]   Some facts from reusit.com: 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year, worldwide. About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute. A single plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to degrade. Continue Reading

Snail farming may save African apes from poaching

Only about 300 apes survive in Nigeria’s Cross River National Park on the Cameroon border. Poaching from nearby poor villagers searching for food or meat to sell has reduced the rare apes’ numbers to about one-tenth of their population a Continue Reading