We often hear about new medicines being discovered in inconspicuous frogs, plants or deep-sea mollusks, but here comes a story
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Category Archives: Biodiversity
New Publication Highlights World’s Most Threatened Primates
I remember when I was living in Tanzania in 2008, I stopped by the Wildlife Conservation Society office in Mbeya
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Through the Magnifying Glass
As the saying goes, it’s the little things in life that really matter. Literally. I’m talking about the millions of
Hiroshima, the Cold War, and the Giant Salamander of Hope
Last week I was in Japan looking for giant salamanders (Andrias japonicus), and for two days I stayed in the
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Pollinators in Peril
As the global extinction crisis continues, we are constantly discovering new ways in which the world’s many species interact with
Support for Species
The most recent version of the IUCN Red List (published in November 2009) revealed that species extinction continues at a
Stopping Extinctions: Immediate Targets and Expanded Partnerships
As the climax of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, the world’s governments* will meet in Nagoya, Japan, in October,
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A family affair
Last week, CI scientist Robin Moore spent two days traveling in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, one of Mexico’s most
Drought in East Africa: The Human Benefits of Standing Forests
This week, an Associated Press article about drought in Kenya brought millions of people’s attention to the deep connections between
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New Hope for World’s Rarest Lemur
A recent scientific expedition in Madagascar’s Ankeniheny-Zahamena rainforests has found evidence of the greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus) in twice