Importing lemurs to the BVI

Richard Branson is importing lemurs from Madagascar to Moskito Island in the BVI. He’s hoping to create a sanctuary but most of the time importing foreign species creates lots of problems … For example, Australia has problems with imported cane toads, feral pigs and goats. Richard Branson already has approval from the authorities in the [...]

Save the Anegada Rock Iguana

There are only a few hundred Anegada Rock Iguana’s remaining. The Anegada Rock Iguana Rehabilitation Project, founded in  1997, and the World Conservation Union Iguana Specialist Group, are working to save them. They have a center on Anegada to collect juveniles and raise them safely until they are big enough to be safe from predators [...]

Did you know that the smallest lizard in the world lives in the BVI?

My three year old and I were reading a book on lizards last night and I learned that the Sphaerodactylus ariasae, the smallest lizard in the world, lives on the British Virgin Islands. It’s less than an inch long and was first discovered in 1965. You can read more about it or see more pictures. [...]