Um vírus está ameaçando dizimar a população de tartarugas verdes da Grande Barreira de Corais, no norte do país. A doença causada pelo fibropapilloma produz tumores nos animais. Além do aumento na presença do vírus, as tartarugas também sofrem com a falta de alimento e a deterioração do ambiente de seu habitat. Leer más.

En este caso, el animal había aparecido en un sótano de un edificio que se encontraba en obras y, tras realizar la revisión completa del animal, verificamos que no presentaba ninguna lesión por lo que decidimos liberarlo. Leer más.

Multiple factors threaten global amphibian diversity but the spatial distribution of these threats and their interactions are poorly known. Leer más.

DNA banks for endangered animals consist of samples of sperm, ova, embryos, tissue samples, and serum. These biological materials are frozen in liquid nitrogen at -196°C or -373°F, where they can be maintained indefinitely. About a dozen zoos and conservation groups around the world have begun collecting genetic material from endangered animals and preserving it. Leer más.

Each year, numerous species thought to have disappeared are rediscovered. Yet, do these rediscoveries represent the return of viable populations or the delayed extinction of doomed species? We document the number, distribution and conservation status of rediscovered amphibian, bird, and mammal species globally. Leer más.