The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have ...

The team found 94,052 species are native to islands ... naturally occur on an island, while endemic plants are found only on ...

Island foxes, one of the only carnivores endemic to California, have been distinguished from ... Studies petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Endangered Species Act protection for four of ...

“The OECS remains committed to the sustainable development of the region. The health of our environment is key to this, and ...

DESCRIPTION: The slender Virgin Islands tree ... FEEDING: The species hunts at night, eating mainly Anole lizards asleep in trees. In addition, the tree boa is known to feed on an occasional mouse or ...

They also were in direct competition with endemic island foxes, a federally protected species. “The cats were utilizing the entire island, from coast to coast, and the interior plateaus,” said ...

By law, every group must be accompanied ... The removal of invasive species from the islands has helped their biodiversity recover, but some endemic species are still declining.