Vulnerable Species

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Eruptions, Invasives, and the Montserrat Oriole

Conservation intervention leads to downlisting of Montserrat Oriole. Sometimes events that are out of human control, such as natural disasters, can damage an ecosystem and threaten native wildlife. This was the case for the Montserrat Oriole (Icterus oberi) in the 1990’s, but years of conservation efforts and some luck have aided this species’ recovery. On Montserrat Island […]

Written by on February 10, 2017

Fascinating Facts About Five Island Lizards

Learn something new every day! Are you familiar with these five fascinating island lizards? The Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature as a Vulnerable species. It lives among the rocks of the Galápagos islands. The Marine Iguana is well known for a behavior that is strange even among […]

Written by on February 6, 2017