Wildlife and conservation news from the Caribbean
Recent Caribbean news
- High-tech camera monitors eels as they set off on 3,000 mile journey
- Endangered Lesser Antillean Iguana breed at Durrell
- First ever chick photos give hope for threatened Caribbean seabird
- New species discovered around Caribbean deep sea thermal vents
- Belize protected area boosting predatory fish populations
- Caribbean’s rarest species given lifeline by education
- Some species and regions won’t be troubled by climate change – Some will suffer
- Coral reef collapse: eight warning signs
- The world's most threatened and healthiest sea turtle populations revealed
- Satellite tagged whimbrels shot on Guadeloupe
- Map highlights world’s most threatened coral reefs
- Grand Cayman blue iguana: back from the brink
- New species of bat found on St. Vincent Island
- Call for bird-friendly lighting on oil platforms
- New species of marine snail found off Florida
More Caribbean news
- Whale and dolphin deaths 50 times worse than admitted after Deepwater oil spill
- Massive new marine protected area off Costa Rican coast
- Great hammerhead shark migration tracked for first time
- Trinidad and Tobago set to impose turtle-hunting ban
- Gulf oil spill thought to have killed some 60,000 birds
- Six lost species of frogs rediscovered in Haiti
- Haiti on brink of mass extinctions
- Coral near Deep Water Horizon well is dead or dying
- Tropical frog battles to survive as climate change takes its toll
- World’s rarest snake, The Antiguan Racer, saved from extinction
- Coral bleaching in Panama as sea hots up
- World’s smallest seahorse facing extinction in oil spill clean-up
- Tracking a Humpback whale across the Atlantic Ocean
- 2 new species of batfish discovered in area engulfed by oil spill
- Discovery of how coral reefs adapt to global warming could aid reef restoration
Related News Articles
The world's most threatened and healthiest sea turtle populations revealedThe report revealed the 12 healthiest sea turtle populations in the world, which are large and currently facing relatively low threats. Five species, such as the hawksbill turtle and the green turtle have populations among these dozen thriving habitats which include nesting sites and feeding areas in Australia, Mexico and Brazil. Other areas that harbour healthy turtle populations include the Southwest Indian Ocean, Micronesia and French Polynesia.
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Millions of sea turtles are killed as ‘collateral damage’ in the race for fish Millions of sea turtles have become the unintended victims of a failure to properly manage the worlds' fisheries, with more and more of their habitats clogged with hooks and nets.
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Boost for Critically Endangered Blue Iguana The Cayman Islands Government has taken decisive action to help save the world's most endangered iguana.
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ERUPTIONS DEVASTATE HILL FOREST HOME OF MONTSERRAT ORIOLESAnother eruption on the tiny island of Montserrat has destroyed much of the habitat of the rare Montserrat Oriole and the Montserrat giant Frog.
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Six critically endangered blue iguanas butchered in Cayman Islands breeding facilityMay 2008. Six critically endangered Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas were brutally killed in the Cayman Islands QE II Botanic Park.
Endangered Grand Cayman Blue Iguana Population DoublesThe world's rarest lizards, Cayman blue iguanas, have taken a step back from the brink of extinction when reintroduced iguanas bred in the wild for the first time. More.
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana Population Doubles.
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana Population Doubles.
