Category: Reports
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Updates from Town Hall on CDFW Scientific Collecting Permits
Biodiversity scientists from across California gathered today on Zoom to field suggestions for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Scientific Collecting Permit (SCP) application process. SCPs in California are required for “the take or possession of wildlife, including mammals, birds and the nests and eggs thereof, reptiles, amphibians, fish, certain plants and invertebrates…
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The ongoing mystery of the Extinct in the Wild Roach
Unwinding the situation behind a presumed conservation success.Note: this post will be updated as further information becomes available. Simandoa conserfariam, known as the “Extinct in the Wild Roach,” “Extinct Roach,” “Simandoa Cave Roach” and the “Conservation Roach,” is a roach species from West Africa that has spread across the globe in captive collections. Easy to…
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Velvet Worms in Need of Some Help…
Hello all, one of the interesting things about my blog is that about 90% of the traffic to it, and more than that of comments, are coming for my posts on velvet worms, specifically the Epiperipatus barbadensis I helped import to the US. This is great, but today I want to talk about another species…
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