edge

I've loved the concept behind the London Zoo's EDGE of Existence website since I discovered it back in 2011. I remember being frustrated at all the attention various subspecies of charismatic animals were getting, while monotypic genera and even families of less charismatic species got...

In talking about the purpose of zoos in another thread, I brought up the tooth-billed pigeon as a species I wished zoos would try to conserve but which gets no attention, AFAIK. So here's my list of bird and mammal species (like most people, I'm sadly biased towards birds and mammals and know...

Blackedged angelfish (Genicanthus watanabei) Taken in Artis zoo (Netherlands)