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Lostcast: Broadcasting the Search for the Lost Saki Monkey
When Dr. Laura K. Marsh originally got the idea to take a houseboat through the Amazon watershed in search of the Vanzolini’s Bald-faced Saki Monkey, she had no doubt: she wanted to broadcast the entire adventure, whether the team found the monkey or not. This included inviting bioGraphic writer Christina Selby to join the four-month Houseboat Amazon expedition with […]
Rediscovery in a Glint of Blue
By Marta Skowron Volponi The Malaysian primeval rainforest is the most beautiful place on Earth. Once I entered it, I knew I had to come back. And I have been coming back — for the last six years. It’s a hot humid morning in one of the world’s oldest rainforests — the 130-milion-year-old Taman Negara jungle. I pull yet […]
Newly Discovered Blue Tarantula A Beacon For Invertebrate Conservation
Walking through the jungle in the dark of the night, my visual stimuli were limited to the area illuminted by the small, bright beam of light from my flashlight. On nights like these, I am out scanning for nocturnal biodiversity. Specifically, as the herpetologist for the Biodiversity Assessment Team, a joint conservation research team through […]
Photo Story: Creating A Protected Area Plan For Indio Maíz
Over the past month members of the GWC team have been working with local people on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua to create a community-driven, protected area management plan for Indio Maíz Biological Reserve. The reserve forms part of one of the five biggest forests remaining in Central America and is home to Baird’s Tapir, […]
Salamander Rediscovery Gets Search for Lost Species Off to Promising Start
By Don Church, Global Wildlife Conservation president Before we even had a chance to launch our first expedition this fall in Global Wildlife Conservation’s Search for Lost Species, we somehow amazingly struck gold in Guatemala. That gold was in the form of the brilliantly yellow-hued Jackson’s Climbing Salamander, a species missing to science since its discovery in 1975 […]
Saola: The Tip Of The Annamites Extinction Iceberg
The Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)—a primitive wild cattle species endemic to the Annamite mountain range of Vietnam and Lao PDR—is on the verge of extinction. In a recent letterpublished in the journal Science, a group of conservation scientists call attention to the critical situation of the species and a bold new plan to save it from extinction through […]
Preparing for the Pink-headed Duck Expedition, Myanmar 2017
By John Hodges In preparation for our team’s Myanmar expedition in search of the Pink-headed Duck, this past summer my partner, Pilar Bueno, and I gave ourselves two months in the foothills of Spain’s Sierra Almijara Mountains on the border between Malaga and Granada. Our aim was to get ourselves physically fit and to field test our camera […]
The Gateway Plastic
My husband always says that no one likes to be “should upon.” You know–“you should do this,” “we should do that.” I hate to admit it, but he’s right. In general, people reject being told what to do, myself included. So how do you tell people to clean up their act in order to save […]
Between The Stripes Part III: Unlocking The Rabbit’s Mysteries
The first time I saw a photo of the Annamite Striped Rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi) on the Internet, it was the distinguished tiger-striped fur that caught my attention. At that moment, I didn’t imagine that I would have an opportunity to conduct research on the species, or even maybe have a chance to encounter it in […]
Rainforest Regeneration: New Hope For Indio Maíz
Two hours up the fast-flowing Indian river, our boats were forced to stop in the driving rain by a fallen tree blocking the channel. Debris from Hurricane Otto back in November 2016 was rapidly piling up behind it and I thought our journey into Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz Biological Reserve was over. Quickly though, my traveling […]