Lost World Ecotourism Analysis Leads To New Frog Species Discovery
Thursday, July 18, 2013 - 05:10
in Biology & Nature
In North America, the environmental segment of the conservation community regards humanity as the enemy. Not so in South America. They want you to visit - just don't ruin the place.A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden were doing a study about the ways ecotourism and conservation can cohabitate nicely - and they discovered a new species of frog. As with most new discoveries, this micro-endemic species was immediately declared endangered because no one had seen it before. read more