By Herp News Popularization of the world’s strangest coffee may be imperiling a a suite of small mammals in Indonesia, according to a new study in Small Carnivore Conservation. The coffee, known as kopi luwak (kopi for coffee and luwak for the civet), is made from whole coffee beans that have passed through the guts […]
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Apr 16
Apr 16
Rescuing a wounded Rock Iguana in Brac Cayman
What do you do if you find an iguana bleeding and wounded by the side of the road? You move heaven and earth to save him, of course. “Big Guy,” an endangered Rock Iguana, was discovered on Brac Cayman with severe injuries, lying on the roadside. Thanks to the generosity of Cayman Airways, he was […]
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Yangtze porpoise down to 1,000 animals as world’s most degraded river may soon claim another extinction
By Herp News A survey late last year found that the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) population has been cut in half in just six years. During a 44-day survey, experts estimated 1,000 river porpoises inhabited the river and adjoining lakes, down from around 2,000 in 2006. The ecology of China’s Yangtze River has […]
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Yangtze porpoise down to 1,000 animals as world’s most degraded river may soon claim another extinction
By Herp News A survey late last year found that the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) population has been cut in half in just six years. During a 44-day survey, experts estimated 1,000 river porpoises inhabited the river and adjoining lakes, down from around 2,000 in 2006. The ecology of China’s Yangtze River has […]
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