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A scaly crisis: why we must act now to save reptiles
2013-02-28 10:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Reptiles have inhabited our planet for more than 250 million years, and are adapted to almost every part of it. Yet when it comes to conservation action, reptiles all over the world have been overlooked in favour of more charismatic animals. With only 35% of described reptile species evaluated for the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species, no one knew to what extent reptiles were being affected by our current extinction crisis. However, a study...
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