Status: The Boyd’s forest dragon (Hypsilurus boydii) has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Though it is often seen in its home range, like all rainforest creatures, this lizard is threatened by habitat loss… read more →
Status: This species is listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) primarily due to poaching and habitat loss. The wild Asian elephant population has experienced a decline of at least 50 percent over the last… read more →
From Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe to Tom Hanks in Cast Away, oceanic islands have provided rich settings for great stories. Isolation and limited resources are ideal conditions for brewing epic drama as protagonists learn to prevail over their circumstances or… read more →
As scavengers, vultures are often associated with death, making them both off-putting and fascinating to us. They have been revered as deities that can travel between the realms of the living and the dead, and persecuted because of the misperception… read more →
Many consider the hot, languid, tail end of summer “dog days.” But the phrase “dog days of summer” has nothing to do with actual dogs or weather. The ancient Greeks considered dog days to be the period of time (late… read more →
