Almost Famous Animals

The Almost Famous Animals reporting project publicizes the plight of little known and threatened tropical, subtropical, and temperate zone animals, and serves to highlight the wildlife scientists working to protect them. The fight to save charismatic wildlife like tigers and pandas is relatively well known worldwide. But how about the battle to save the beleaguered Javan slow loris,  the endangered Asiatic golden cat, the little known Visayan deer, and the Hairy Babirusa? If these are animals you can’t picture, with names that send you running to Google or Wikipedia, you’re not alone. Ecosystems are complex and interdependent. No animal should be left out of the equation if we are to truly protect nature.

A tale of two frogs: The tough uphill battle for rediscovered species

Elusive jaguarundi inspires biologists to share data across Latin America

Mysterious, at risk, understudied flat-headed cat lacks conservation focus

Ridiculously rare photo catches Asian caracal swimming a river in India

Saving Asia’s fishing cat means protecting threatened wetland habitat

On the trail of Borneo’s bay cat, one of the world’s most mysterious felines

A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Conservationists aim to save South America’s super tiny wild cat, the guina

Shining a spotlight on the wide-roaming sand cat ‘king of the desert’

Meet Japan’s Iriomote and Tsushima cats: Ambassadors for island conservation

Return of the wolf to Nepal’s Himalayas may threaten snow leopards

Habitat loss drove long-tailed macaques extinct in Bangladesh, experts say

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