by ostyx | Jan 27, 2026 | Story
The intact 400,000-acre Lungba Samba Landscape, including Thudam, is a locally designated Biocultural Heritage and Ecotourism Special Conservation Zone. Yet, hydropower companies are aggressively pushing destructive roads through unethical ways, as exposed by Mongabay...
by ostyx | Jan 5, 2026 | Story
In the cloud forests of Mindo, Ecuador, the relict population of the Mindo Harlequin Toad (Atelopus mindoensis) is on the brink of extinction. After being declared “possibly extinct” and not seen since 1989, a relict population of five individuals was rediscovered in...
by ostyx | May 16, 2025 | Story
– To honor National Endangered Species Day (May 16), the Quick Response Fund for Nature launches an OnlyFans account with good-humored animal courting and mating content to raise critical funds to save the habitats of endangered species – OnlyEndangereds...
by ostyx | Nov 7, 2024 | Story
Cotton-top tamarins (Oedipomidas oedipus) are small primates, weighing just one pound, native to the tropical forests of northwest Colombia. Their survival is severely threatened by widespread deforestation and habitat fragmentation caused by cattle ranching,...
by ostyx | Aug 13, 2024 | Story
The Critically Endangered maleo bird (Macrocephalon maleo) is a remarkable megapode that lays a single large egg at a time in the sand at communal nesting areas on beaches or geothermal sites in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Since 2006, the Alliance for Tompotika Conservation...
by ostyx | Aug 13, 2024 | Story
Created in 2008, the Sumac Muyu Foundation is an Ecuadorian NGO dedicated to species and habitat conservation to preserve genetic diversity and natural resources, with the goal of fostering harmony between people and nature. The Foundation’s mission is to...
