Category: Reports

  • 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…

  • 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…