对物种的热爱

Herpetologist Alejandro Arteaga has won accolades for his efforts to identify and protect Ecuador’s reptiles and amphibians. But his methods have entangled him in controversy HUMBERTO BASILIO n late 2024, philanthropists interested in wildlife conservation got an intriguing offer: Donate to a new fund that would provide small grants to young researchers seeking to discover new kinds of tropical animals, and you could help name the new species. The Arteaga Species Discovery Fund was the brainchild of Alejandro Arteaga, a herpetologist in Ecuador eager to boost tropical conservation by accelerating efforts to document biodiversity. “We are unlikely to be effective towards saving species if we remain unaware they exist,” Arteaga wrote on a website promoting the fund. …