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Conservation - Endangered Species
10:42 am
Thu November 1, 2012

More 'Baby Giants' Arrive At The Saint Louis Zoo

Credit Jill Utrup/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Ozark hellbenders can reach up to two feet in length. A shy species, it spends much of its time hiding under rocks on the stream bottom.
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The Saint Louis Zoo once again is teeming with baby giant salamanders.

For the second year in a row, the zoo has successfully bred endangered Ozark hellbenders in captivity.

This time, a total of eight females laid 2,809 fertile eggs. Two-hundred and fourteen salamander larvae have hatched so far, with many more expected.

Even though the salamanders are smaller than a quarter when they first hatch, as adults they can reach lengths of up to two feet.

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Conservation - Endangered Species
2:38 pm
Fri March 30, 2012

MOBOT scientists help rediscover two tree species thought to be extinct

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Credit (Frank Mbago/Missouri Botanical Garden)
The fruit and seeds of Erythrina schliebenii, a highly endangered East African coral tree.
Credit (Cosmas Mligo/Missouri Botanical Garden)
Tanzanian botanist Cosmas Mligo stands next to an endangered Karomia gigas tree and holding one of its fruits and leaves.
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Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden have confirmed the discovery of two tree species that were thought to be extinct.

Last year botanists from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania set out to look for the trees. They discovered small populations of both species in a remote forest in southeastern Tanzania, along Africa’s eastern coast.

Missouri Botanical Garden botanist Roy Gereau worked with British scientist Phil Clarke to confirm the identity of the trees.

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Conservation - Endangered Species
3:46 pm
Thu March 22, 2012

Endangered beetle to return to Missouri

Credit (Dan Kirk/Saint Louis Zoo)
A female American burying beetle.
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An endangered beetle could be making its way back to Missouri, with some help from the Saint Louis Zoo and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

If all goes well, the zoo plans to reintroduce the American burying beetle to Wah’ kon-tah Prairie in southwestern Missouri in early June.

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