Saving weird and wonderful animals from extinction
Fewer than 100 Bengal floricans remain in Cambodia, and their genetics are starting to show it. This project uses DNA analysis to guide conservation breeding and protect what little diversity is left. Supported by Wawa, it combines fieldwork, lab science, and collaboration to give this unusual grassland bird a fighting chance.
As exemplary parents, the Maleo cooks its chicks in geothermal sands until they are just right.
The Hispaniolan Solenodon is a shrew-like mammal that has been around since the age of the dinosaurs. They are found only on the island of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic and also in parts of southern Haiti. They tend to live in moist forest areas.
The entirely aquatic salamander, known as the olm (Proteus anguinus), is Europe’s most impressive cave-dwelling vertebrate. Or, more accurately, it is Europe’s only cave-dwelling vertebrate.
