At Bureau Endemica, we believe that preserving endemic species is not only a moral duty but also crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems. Our mission is to strengthen biodiversity and ensure [...]
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated near the Indian subcontinent (Survey Department of Sri Lanka, 2012) providing habitats for a rich mammalian diversity containing 126 species including 23 [...]
Endemic species are found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island. We try to figure out of the Watershrew (Neomys fodiens) found on Texel island, can be considered as an [...]
Finding the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus): Restoring populations of this critically endangered feline in Southern Europe. Several times we joined Spanish ecologists studying the Iberian Lynx in [...]
Finding Chilean endemic species with focus on marine and coastal species. Therefore we traveled by ship from Cape Horn to Valparaiso and regularly landed on a spot. The Chilean fjords, with their [...]
The Dutch root vole (Alexandromys oeconomus arenicola) is the only endemic vertebrate found in the Netherlands. Mainly studied by us on Texel island but also elsewhere in Noord-Holland and, like [...]
The Scottish wild cat (Felis silvestris silvestris), although no longer a real endemic species (till recently considered to be F. s. grampia) is the only native member of the cat family still [...]
Endemic species are often the result of centuries of evolution and unique conditions in specific regions. However, they are highly vulnerable: climate change, habitat loss, and invasive species [...]