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December 27, 2018
For the past 16 years I have been involved with koala research at the San Diego Zoo in one way or another. This has led to some wonderful collaborations with field researchers in Australia that we support via funds...
December 27, 2018
Operation Sahel Giraffe
Eight West African giraffe travelled over 800 kilometers (500 miles), about the distance from San Diego to San Francisco in 48 hours to be safely re-introduced to the Gadabedji...
December 21, 2018
The Galápagos remind us of giant tortoises, hammerhead sharks, black iguanas at sea, birds with blue feet, and many other species that can only be found on those islands far off the coast of Ecuador. This...
December 21, 2018
The Pacific Pocket Mouse (PPM) Conservation Breeding and Reintroduction Program marked its sixth year in 2018. Over the years, we have had a unique opportunity to learn about the behavior, genetics, and physiology...
December 19, 2018
At the southern edge of the Lucayan Archipelago lie the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). These islands are home to many endemic species of reptiles, and the Turks and Caicos Rock Iguana, Cyclura carinata, is...
December 19, 2018
Sometimes the idea for a new research project comes at you, not from the scientific literature and decades of accumulated knowledge tediously gathered as a scientist but, more importantly, from the needs of another...
December 18, 2018
In the course of my iguana conservation work, I have been to numerous islands in the Caribbean, large and small. But two little cays have eluded and intrigued me since I first floated along their shores by boat in...
December 12, 2018
Small Populations Spell Big Trouble
Weighing about as much as five paper clips, the smallest mouse in North America is the endangered Pacific pocket mouse (PPM). It historically occupied a stretch of sandy soil...
December 12, 2018
I recently travelled to South Africa to train with a collaborator to the Northern White Rhino Initiative, Dr. Morné de la Rey of EmbryoPlus. He has been working on a method to collect viable oocytes from living...
December 10, 2018
Three years have passed since the rhinos at the Rhino Rescue Center (RRC) arrived on a jet from South Africa. Not only did they land on my birthday (what a great “gift”!) but I also knew I was soon to...
