Inside the fight to save the Cuban crocodile from extinction
Those concerns decades ago prompted the Cuban government to underwrite a hatchery program that annually releases several hundred crocodiles into the wild. Researchers like Perez also liberate...
Crocodile Conservation in Cuba - Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Jul 21, 2021 · For decades, a team of Cuban scientists have devoted their careers to the conservation of the Cuban crocodile, which has been threatened with extinction due to habitat modification, …
The case of the Caibarién crocodile: Protecting wildlife against hunger ...
Feb 13, 2026 · The death of a crocodile in Cuba reveals the dilemma between wildlife protection and the economic crisis. Poaching and scarcity intensify the challenge of conserving endemic species in …
Crowdfunding initiative: See you in a while crocodile. Support the ...
Oct 13, 2025 · Donations will enable the purchase and installation of satellite tags to track the movements of Cuban crocodiles in their natural habitat. This data will help scientists better …
See you in a while crocodile | OnCubaNews English
Jan 25, 2026 · We would like the Cuban crocodile population to be restored to the historical levels of 300 or 500 years ago and for their habitats to be healthy. The reality is uncertain; there are only a …
In Cuba, A National Park Breeds Crocodiles
From Medina, I learn how the largely terrestrial, agile and intelligent Cuban crocodile — which serves as an emblem of the swamp and has distinctive “horns” (bony plates) behind its eyes — is being …
Cuban Crocodile: Restoring Cuba’s Critically Endangered Croc
We are working with partners on a comprehensive species recovery strategy to protect the Cuban Crocodile and bring it back to areas that it historically called home.
Cuban crocodile protected with satellite technology promoted by the ...
Oct 15, 2025 · The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will support the conservation of the Cuban crocodile in the Zapata Swamp through satellite tags, in an effort to protect this threatened …
Cuban scientists race to save one of the world's rarest crocodiles
Sep 5, 2022 · Those concerns decades ago prompted the Cuban government to underwrite a hatchery program that annually releases several hundred crocodiles into the wild. Researchers like Perez …
Cuban scientists race to save native crocodile - Green Left
Sep 7, 2022 · Cuban scientists are racing to save the critically endangered Cuban crocodile — the world’s rarest. About 90% of the species has disappeared in less than a century.