Among the new species discovered from 1998 to 2008 were 218 new kinds of plants (of which around 100 are orchids), 580 invertebrates, 134 amphibians, 2 birds, 71 fish (including an extremely rare 8-foot-long river shark), 43 reptiles and 12 mammals. Leer más.

Mating Cuban crocodiles and American crocodiles are creating hybrid offspring that threaten the survival of the Cuban species, which has dwindled to about 4,000 wild animals in two isolated Cuban swamps. The ten-foot-long (three-meter-long) reptile is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Leer más.

Customs officials in Thailand have intercepted an illegal shipment of 370 tortoises, hidden in two suitcases that were abandoned at Bangkok’s Airport. Leer más.

This sleepy village nestled in the heart of vast farmland in China’s eastern Zhejiang province hides a deadly secret. Leer más.

The ‘tuko’, the endemic Philippine gecko, has been making a lot of noise in the wildlife trade – and conservationists don’t like what they’re hearing. Leer más.