An environmental blog focusing on wildlife, biodiversity, activism, and rewilding. 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. All year long, iWild is featuring SAVE THEM ALL — a daily series of illustrated “trading cards” with a new endangered species every day. My other sites:Tumblr (3.0; @iwild)http://iwild.org/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6ftutBnhl1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>Last Monk of Monkey Month, but not Least…</h2> <p>Monkey Month may be over, but we won’t forget our fellow primates.  Look for more endangered simians coming up throughout the year. </p>http://iwild.org/post/885417630http://iwild.org/post/885417630Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:52:05 -0600Southern MuriquiMonkey Month<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6e4b55Jn31qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/881323483http://iwild.org/post/881323483Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:42:41 -0600Yucatán Black Howler MonkeyMonkey Month<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6cd94qgAJ1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/877045234http://iwild.org/post/877045234Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:00:40 -0600Peruvian Yellow-Tailed Woolly MonkeyMonkey Month<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6aeyjLbfx1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/872288616http://iwild.org/post/872288616Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:42:19 -0600Brown Spider MonkeyMonkey Month<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l683ntIRwD1qb2m4qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://fuckyeahoceancreatures.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">fuckyeahoceancreatures</a>)</p>http://iwild.org/post/872279650http://iwild.org/post/872279650Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:39:35 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l68f7u3kaF1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>Top This, Snooki</h2> <p>Many monkeys sport outstanding hair, from the Kipunji (see Endangered All-Star 188) to Snooki.  But the Cotton Top is in a class by itself.  Now, if only we could make them as ubiquitous as the Big Hair primates on the Jersey Shore.</p>http://iwild.org/post/867251185http://iwild.org/post/867251185Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:52:42 -0600Monkey MonthCotton Top TamarinSnooki<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l68ddc5PED1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>Golden Boy</h2> <p>Monkey Month moves to the New World with a look at the glorious Golden Lion Tamarin, today’s<strong> Endangered All-Star.</strong>  Well-known and much-publicized efforts have focused on the captive breeding and reintroduction of the species, but equally important are efforts to save its wild home, the Atlantic forests of Brazil.  You can <a href="http://adopt.nature.org/plantabillion/brazil/" target="_blank">Adopt-an-Acre</a> from the Nature Conservancy and help speed their campaign to plant a <em>billion</em> trees in this denuded area.  Go on—you know you want to.</p> <p>Photo:  © <a href="http://www.davewattsphoto.com/index.html" target="_blank">Dave Watts</a></p>http://iwild.org/post/867105074http://iwild.org/post/867105074Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:12:00 -0600Golden Lion TamarinMonkey MonthNature ConservancyAdopt-an-AcrePlant a Billion Trees<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l64n43G2PV1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/857782314http://iwild.org/post/857782314Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:52:51 -0600Western Hoolock GibbonMonkey Month<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l63446QeoG1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>MOST ENDANGERED PRIMATES IN THE WORLD</h2> <p>The Eastern Black Crested Gibbon, along with its closely related relative, the Hainan Gibbon, is right on the verge.  Fortunately,<a href="http://www.fauna-flora.org/gibbons.php" target="_blank"> Fauna & Flora International</a>, which rediscovered the species in 2002, is supporting community patrols to guard the remaining individuals, while bringing biogas facilities and improved stoves to villages to help curtail wood cutting.  Watch a video of this rare species at the link above.</p>http://iwild.org/post/854045462http://iwild.org/post/854045462Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:04:54 -0600Eastern Black Crested GibbonFauna &amp; Flora InternationalMonkey Month<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5zpm7rhh41qzcqsho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mfs.tumblr.com/post/849595593/eec-dont-kill-our-wild-life-artist-john" target="_blank">mfs</a>: <a href="http://eec.tumblr.com/post/849564936" target="_blank">eec</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>“Don’t Kill Our Wild Life” <br/>Artist: John Wagner<br/>Created/Published: 1936-1940</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://iwild.org/post/853971640http://iwild.org/post/853971640Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:46:14 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l632xtGdba1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Bad News:  Fewer than 250 survive.</p> <p>The Good News:  Local communities in Vietnam are now beginning to value their unique endemic primates and are working with <a href="http://www.fauna-flora.org/snubnosedmonkeys.php" target="_blank">Fauna & Flora International</a> to set aside protected areas for this and other species.</p> <p>Photo:  See images by Geoff Robinson Photography at <a href="http://www.greenpacks.org/category/animals/page/7/" target="_blank">greenpacks.org</a>, where there are also some lovely videos of the Tonkin Snub-Nosed Monkey.</p>http://iwild.org/post/853947707http://iwild.org/post/853947707Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:39:00 -0600Tonkin Snub-Nosed MonkeyMonkey MonthGeoff Robinson PhotographyFauna &amp; Flora International<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5zgvpSGTf1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/847119313http://iwild.org/post/847119313Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:50:13 -0600Gray-Shanked Douc LangurMonkey Month<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4l323zXqu1qbsy7ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://nationalgeographicmagazine.tumblr.com/post/846902807" target="_blank">nationalgeographicmagazine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Emerald-patched Cattleheart Butterfly</strong><br/><em>Image courtesy Richard Prum</em><br/> The green patches on an emerald-patched Cattleheart butterfly (pictured) are the result of gyroids embedded in the wing scales.<br/> “The green color is very similar to the leaves [in the butterfly’s environment], so we think it helps with camouflage,” study co-author Saranathan said.<br/> Scientists think the gyroids only form during the butterflies’ cocoon phase, and can’t be replaced once the adult insects emerge from their cases.</p> </blockquote>http://iwild.org/post/847115200http://iwild.org/post/847115200Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:49:02 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5xmftbG7p1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/842612403http://iwild.org/post/842612403Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:55:05 -0600Western Purple-Faced Langur25 Most Endangered PrimatesMonkey Month<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5vsdpB1Bs1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/838383466http://iwild.org/post/838383466Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:08:13 -0600Cat Ba LangurMonkey Month<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5tdfvRlTO1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>200</h2> <p>It’s the 19th primate posting of <a href="http://iwild.org/post/758636360/moneymonth" target="_blank">Monkey Month</a> and iWild’s 200th daily Endangered All-Star of 2010. Not a cause for celebration, alas, but a small milestone to mark what we’ve lost forever, to honor the fantastic living creatures (including many of our fellow-primates) who could disappear, and to renew our devotion to wildlife conservation and rewilding our wounded planet. In this spirit, check out<a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0718-hance_hortonplains.html" target="_blank"> Mongabay.com’s inspiring story</a> about the first photograph ever of Sri Lanka’s Horton Plains Slender Loris, thought to be extinct by researchers for six decades. It’s another sign of how little we really know about our rarest biological treasures, of how much we still have to learn, and of how high the stakes are for preserving and protecting habitat and biodiversity.</p>http://iwild.org/post/832560665http://iwild.org/post/832560665Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:50:19 -0600Delacour's LangurMonkey Month<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5rojfZ4mO1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/828665151http://iwild.org/post/828665151Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:54:51 -0600Pig-Tailed Snub-Nosed LangurMonkey Month<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5qp2kzRgu1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/826687132http://iwild.org/post/826687132Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:08:00 -0600Siau Island TarsierMonkey Month<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5nzs2BLPV1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/820399472http://iwild.org/post/820399472Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:07:14 -0600Javan Slow LorisMonkey Month<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5m3hchAOy1qzn54fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iwild.org/post/816070592http://iwild.org/post/816070592Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:32:00 -0600Sumatran OranutanMonkeyMonth