Endangered Species Archives

The frog and the gecko: why tropical species are at greater climate risk

Predictions indicate that the Madagascar frog Mantella aurantiaca is likely to experience a dramatic decline by 2070. Frank Vassen/Wikimedia, CC BY Nicolas Dubos, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) The effects of climate change – extreme heat waves, wildfires of unprecedented magnitude and devastating floods – have now been occurring for several decades, and the COP26 climate agreement reached in Glasgow …

How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source

Oil palm fruit in North Aceh, Indonesia. Fachrul Reza / Barcroft Media via Getty Images Jonathan E. Robins, Michigan Technological University Palm oil is everywhere today: in food, soap, lipstick, even newspaper ink. It’s been called the world’s most hated crop because of its association with deforestation in Southeast Asia. But despite boycott campaigns, the world uses more palm oil …

It’s still possible to save the Asiatic cheetah, the world’s second-rarest cat

Glimpsed in the wild, camera traps capture the last remaining Asiatic cheetahs. ICS/DoE/CACP/UNDP/Panthera Mohammad Farhadinia, University of Oxford The last few surviving Asiatic cheetahs live in Iran, where they stalk the hyper-arid landscape, where temperatures swing from -30°C to 50°C. This is the only place in the world a cheetah, most of which live in Africa, will experience snow. Iran …

Resilvestración: ¿Podemos devolver a Canarias la biodiversidad que le robamos?

Paloma rabiche (‘Columba junoniae’), especie reintroducida en la isla de Gran Canaria. Aurelio Martín, Author provided Juan Carlos Illera Cobo, Universidad de Oviedo La futura Ley de Biodiversidad y de los Recursos Naturales de Canarias se encuentra actualmente en consulta pública antes de su aprobación. Debido al gran número de especies endémicas que albergan, las islas son uno de los …