It is always interesting and encouraging to know that someone is helping in the preservation of this endangered wild cats. I wish the best for your work, and certainly, I will be reading and commenting on your blog! Thank you for your conservation efforts!

Hi Mr. Pechir,
Thank you very much!
Hope you enjoy reading the blog.
All your comments are really welcome!
Best from Brazil!

Hi Fernando, we are really looking forward to hearing more about these secretive felines. I’m sure to be comparing them with their African cousins and enjoying every morsel I can learn along the way.

Hi Theresa, we are learning how everything works on the blog and soon we can share some experiences!

Wow! This is so exciting. I am a biologist too but I teach high school science here in NJ. I found my research to be boring so I changed and became a teacher.
If I had been more adventurous (and maybe male instead of female) I could have done something like you are doing. It is so worthwhile. I love cats, big, small, any color. I can only imagine the adventures you are having. I’m so happy I found this site I’ll be checking in often.

Dear Mrs. Farmer,
Welcome!!! It is a pleasure to have you on board! Hope you enjoy our blog! To be a teacher is a great challenge and a very important task: to prepare young minds and maybe to promote a better world. I worked as a science teacher on high school when was on the last year of University but I use to come back home so exausted and deluded that I quit!

Forgot to ask:
What use to be your research?

I worked on the t6 locus of the mouse. We were trying to figure out why t6/t6 embryos could be made but they never were born. Turns out they were missing a protein which apparently was necessary for viability.

Wow, what a beautiful cat Livia is. I’m trying to teach my students about conservation and also the effect of global warming on our world. It amazes me the things we are capable of doing to our earth. I heard that within my student’s lifetime it is possible that polar bears will become extinct. It even shocked my students I don’t think they ever thought about it in this way. We risk losing so many species, some that may never even have been discovered. We need to work hard to save habitats and the animals that inhabit those habitats. As I said before I am particularly fond of cats. I currently own six and have had cats as pets all of my life. They are such beautiful, elegant creatures. When I teach about extinction I often use the story of the cheetah. That is tragic and hopefully scientists will be able to introduce some genetic diversity. I am enjoying this blog very much and I am so glad I found it. Keep up the good work.