ElephantVoices founders Joyce Poole and Petter Granli recently shared the joy and drama of a baby male elephant's birth in A Gift to the Maasai Mara - A baby Elephant is Born on the National Geographic blog A Voice for…
Earth Day 2014 is today - a day to celebrate the beauty of the earth and to take action as human activity relentlessly erodes the biodiversity that supports life. According to the Earth Day Network, one billion people worldwide will…
African biodiversity informaticians convened in Pretoria last week to collaborate on the JRS-funded project aimed at ensuring biodiversity data is available to support evidence-based policy making. The workshop took place at Pretoria National Botanic Garden from 25 to 27 March 2014…
Aaron McNevin has been a member of the JRS Biodiversity Board of Trustees since 2009. He is currently the Director of Aquaculture at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) where he began creating standards for responsible aquaculture in 2004, which in…
The University of Cape Town's Animal Demography Unit (UCT ADU), in partnership with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), launches their book Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland on April 16, 2014. This publication…
JRS is always happy to be on the leading edge, so we are excited to learn that March 19th is a brand new holiday, Taxonomist Appreciation Day! Taxonomist Appreciation Day is the invention of Dr. Terry McGlynn, Associate Professor of Biology, California…
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), in partnership with African Participants of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), is holding a workshop in Pretoria, South Africa from March 25th-27th. The purpose of this workshop is to implement an innovative and…
(Belize City - February 12, 2014) The Healthy Reefs Initiative (HRI) has recently released their 2014 Eco-Audit to help protect the natural, striking beauty of the Mesoamerican Reef. The Mesoamerican Reef extends over 600 miles from the northern tip of the…
JRS Trustee Dr. Richard Bagine has worked for over twenty-eight years to protect biodiversity and wildlife in Kenya and has served on the JRS board since 2008. He is currently a Chief Research Scientist for the National Museums of Kenya and has…
JRS' grantee, the Kansas University Biodiversity Institute announces the fourth course in its Biodiversity Informatics Training Curriculum series, "Biodiversity Diagnoses" to be held 1-9 September 2014, in Cotonou, Benin. The concept behind this course is to take some next steps in combining…
