High in the mountaintop forests of Indonesia, the little Furby-gremlin hybrid known as the pygmy tarsier hid undiscovered (and unmolested) for the last ninety years. Last seen alive in the 1920s,it was thought extinct until researchers from Texas A&M University rediscovered the little guy last month.
Posted on November 19, 2008 12:23 PM • 6 Comments •
Much like Pier 1 Imports is the place to make great unexpected holiday gift discoveries this season, Indonesia is the #1 source for mildly inventive new mammal species. In the Foja Mountains rainforest of eastern Papua province, a joint Indonesian...
Posted on December 17, 2007 10:26 AM • 9 Comments •
Primitive primates indigenous to Southeast Asia, Slow Lorises are endangered and absurdly adorable. Most importantly, they just so happen to be this editor,Aeos favorite animal since early childhood. However, it wouldn,Aeot take a childhood obsession to be appalled at the...
Posted on June 8, 2007 3:54 PM • 1 Comments •
Wildlife officials from Southeast Asia met in Cisarua, Indonesia this week to discuss cross-border animal smuggling. Chief among their concerns was the rapid growth in pangolin trafficking. Scaled mammals with long, sticky, extendable tongues (up to 16"), Pangolins were once...
Posted on May 30, 2007 4:34 AM • 0 Comments •