Experts from Chester Zoo have teamed up with an order of Mexican nuns in a bid to save one of the world’s rarest amphibians from extinction. The zoo team and Michoacána University are working with Dominican Sisters based near Lake Pátzcuaro to develop a breeding programme for a local salamander which is critically endangered. Lake... Read More
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