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Predation of the Invasive Giant African Snail in Trinidad

Mr. Tzarael Prime, Wildlife Enthusiast, Nature Explorer and Tour Guide Invasive species, such as the Giant African Snail (GAS) Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica (Bowdich), arrive and thrive in their non-native range partly due to the non-existence…

Letter from the Conservation Front Line – Peters’s Rock Agama

The letter has been published in Animal Conservation: M.P. van den Burg et al.: The threat of Peters’s Rock Agama (Agama picticauda) to reptile diversity across the Lesser Antilles. Animal Conservation 2023, 12889. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12889 Florida’s biosecurity failings…

Saba Green Iguana Non-Native Species – Emergency Response Project – Island of Saba

During a 2021-population assessment of the Saba Green Iguana, researchers believed to have identified the presence of several non-native iguanas on the island of Saba. Later analyses of genetic samples confirmed this suspicion. Image 1:…