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Saving The Manumea – Samoa’s National Bird

Campaign raises awareness about Samoa’s elusive and Critically Endangered bird, the Manumea. On islands throughout the world, birds have evolved to be suited to just one region and nowhere else. This is the case for the national bird of Samoa, the Manumea, which evolved only on the western island of Samoa and is currently facing […]

Written by on October 6, 2017

New Species Discovery: the Gau Iguana

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, The National Trust of Fiji, and NatureFiji-MareqetiViti have discovered the Gau Iguana, a new species. A new Banded Iguana species was discovered in Fiji on Gau Island. The Gau Iguana, (Brachylophus gau), discovered by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Taronga Conservation Society Australia, The National Trust […]

Written by on June 15, 2017