Hawai'ian Birds
This streaming video documents the plight of Hawai'i's endangered endemic bird speciesPosted on November 10, 2008 8:59 AM • 0 Comments
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South Pacific Islands:
Tiny Gecko Species Discovered in Vanuatu Rainforest
This animal hatched from an egg removed from a nest on a South Pacific island and carried 12,000 miles to Paris in a box lined with KleenexPosted on November 8, 2008 7:34 AM • 5 Comments
Endangered Cockatoo Species Rediscovered in Indonesia
If you love parrots as I do, then you will be thrilled to learn that one rare cockatoo subspecies has been rediscovered on a remote Indonesian islandPosted on October 24, 2008 7:59 AM • 3 Comments
Endangered Rimatara Lories Making Babies!
An endangered lory is making a comeback!Posted on October 10, 2008 3:12 PM • 2 Comments
Rosellas, Rings, and Speciation: Testing the Ring Species Hypothesis
Crimson Rosella species complex was thought to be ring species -- but is it? If so, this species reveals an unexpectedly complex picture of speciationPosted on August 1, 2008 9:59 AM • 3 Comments
Evolution of the Enigmatic Eclectus
The eclectus parrot has mystified people for centuries, but this species teaches us a colorful lesson about evolution.Posted on July 22, 2008 4:20 PM • 8 Comments
Going, Going, GONE! Deforestation of Papua New Guinea Threatens Island Biodiversity
Do you dream of visiting the rainforests of New Guinea? You'd better hurry before there's nothing left!Posted on June 5, 2008 9:34 PM • 3 Comments
New Bird Species Discovered
The story of a newly-discovered bird species, including THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPH of this species that you will see anywhere!Posted on March 18, 2008 7:02 PM • 7 Comments
Rimatara Lorikeets: Returning From the Edge
In a superb example of a conservation effort well done, the homecoming of the Rimatara lory -- a small spectacular parrot -- appears to be progressing nicely: already the birds are forming pair bonds.Posted on September 27, 2007 7:16 PM • 4 Comments
Behold, My Passion: Wild Lories
A stunning image of my research birds in the wild in Indonesia, courtesy of a long-time friend and lory-lover.Posted on September 18, 2007 2:59 PM • 2 Comments
What's With All that Shaking in Indonesia?
A response from Chris Rowan to my many questions about the Sumatran earthquake.Posted on September 17, 2007 2:00 PM • 0 Comments
Rare Mammal From the Age of Dinosaurs is Alive
Attenborough's long-beaked echidna has been rediscovered after being thought extinct for the past 50 years.Posted on July 16, 2007 3:39 PM • 5 Comments
The Slow Loris: Too Cute To Live
The sad story of an animal that apparently is too cute for its own good, and attempts to protect it before it is gone forever.Posted on June 8, 2007 4:06 PM • 10 Comments
Polynesians Beat Spaniards to South America
Analysis of chicken bones found in Chile shows Polynesians reached the continent no later than 1407.Posted on June 5, 2007 3:45 PM • 4 Comments
Living Fossil Captured in Indonesia
An Indonesian fisherman netted a rare coelacanth today off Northern Sulawesi.Posted on May 22, 2007 1:31 PM • 9 Comments
Protecting a Continent's Wildlife from Disease
Australia's endemic wildlife is in danger from an exotic wasting disease.Posted on May 19, 2007 1:39 PM • 1 Comments
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