The Sound of Birds, Whales, Elephants, Frogs, Published Online

Thousands of wildlife recordings at Cornell’s Macaulay Library in Itaca, NY, are now online. Audio curator Greg Budney samples the vast collection of field recordings collected worldwide of birds, whales, elephants, frogs, primates and more that’s just been digitized and put online.

Report Says Most Lemurs Living on the Edge of Extinction

Experts now say that nine out of 10 species of lemur should be on the ‘red list’ of endangered species. Some species are down to less than two dozen animals.

Lemur sanctuary

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Lemurs live in the wild on the island of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands but they’re endangered and face all kinds of threats. Now billionaire Richard Branson has come up with a novel idea. He wants to create a safe haven for lemurs on an island in the Caribbean. For the Geo Quiz we want you to name that island. Download MP3