The ARAV Executive Committee recently received a request for emergency support for Dr. Marcelino Lopez Reyes and his efforts to protect and preserve sea turtles and iguanas in the Pacific beach areas of Oaxaca, Mexico. Dr. Lopez has lost his funding at a very critical time — when iguana eggs are hatching and Leatherback and Olive Ridley turtles are laying their eggs in the sandy shores of Oaxaca. Dr. Lopez is a faculty member of the...

ScienceDaily (May 20, 2010) – The world’s most ancient frogs may soon be mined to extinction, if the New Zealand government’s plans to open up a conservation area for mining go ahead, conservation biologists warn. The primitive Archey’s frog (Leiopelma archeyi) and Hochstetter’s frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) are two of the species that inhabit the area of ‘high conservation value’ on New...

What we learned from the translocation in India will help inform bold new strategies for tigers in other countries like Cambodia, Lao and Vietnam where wild populations are in peril, View the Original...

Siberian Tigers – Status: Siberian Tigers are on the brink of extinction. The captive population of these animals is larger than is the wild population. There are about 250 Siberian Tigers scattered in various zoos of the world; in the wild this species is found in Siberia only and is estimated at 200 animals. The exact number of Siberian Tigers in the wild is unknown. Siberian Tigers were preyed heavily in the beginning of the 20th...