Petition: Help Protect Endangered Pied Tamarin Monkeys from Urban Expansion

Petition: Help Protect Endangered Pied Tamarin Monkeys from Urban Expansion

The pied tamarin, one of the world’s most critically endangered primates, is facing serious threats as the Brazilian government plans to expand the city of Manaus. These adorable monkeys, recognizable by their distinct black and white faces, are now confined to shrinking patches of forest due to urban sprawl, making them vulnerable to road accidents […]

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Tonkin sub-nosed monkeys were found in only two places on Earth. Now it’s one

Tonkin sub-nosed monkeys were found in only two places on Earth. Now it’s one

Conservationists searching for Vietnam‘s critically endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey, one of the world’s most threatened primates, have found no sign of the species in one of the two forest patches where it was thought to remain. This is cause for “great concern,” say conservationists from Fauna & Flora’s Vietnam program in a recent paper in […]

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Clouded leopard sighting raises questions about conservation and research in Bangladesh

Clouded leopard sighting raises questions about conservation and research in Bangladesh

Bengal tigers, Asian elephants, Ganges river dolphins, langurs and hoolock gibbons, along with a few other endangered and vulnerable animal species, have been prominent in Bangladesh’s wildlife conservation scenario for the last few decades. Now, new animals have grasped the attention of some wildlife researchers and conservationists, as camera traps and wildlife census reveal the […]

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