IUCN Species of the Day: Pinta Island Tortoise

  Photo credit: Patrick J. Endres   The Pinta Island Tortoise, Chelonoidis (nigra) abingdonii, is listed as ‘EXTINCT IN THE WILD’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. While there is some scientific disagreement as to whether the various Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Lesser Antillean Iguana

  Photo credit: Charles Knapp   The Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana delicatissima, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Doumergue’s Skink

Photo credit: Robert Sindaco Doumergue’s Skink, Chalcides parallelus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

Tattoo of the Day

Tattoo by Sean Karn.

IUCN Species of the Day: Philippine Crocodile

  Photo credit: Merlijn van Weerd   The Philippine Crocodile, Crocodylus mindorensis, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Found only in the Philippines, this relatively small crocodile is now reduced to just two Continue Reading