Species of the Week - Twinflower

By Rachel Shaw | Posted on June 4, 2009

Endangered Species Day: Rosters

By Chris Clarke | Posted on May 15, 2009

Because it’s important to name names, to honor as best we can the species brought to the brink due to our actions, here are partial lists — courtesy the US Fish and Wildlife Service — of the plants and animals listed as endangered or threatened under the US Endangered Species Act.  Note that these are incomplete lists: the IUCN’s Red List is of necessity more exhaustive, and not all endangered species are known. But it’s a sampling. Each species deserves protection.

The list of plants is here, and the list of animals here.

Help Name a New Column on Biodiversity

By Elizabeth Enslin | Posted on May 2, 2009

Starting next week, I will be crossposting my weekly column, “Species of the Week,” from Yips and Howls on Clade.  But I need a new name for it.