The extensive postglacial mammal losses in the West Indies provide an opportunity to
evaluate extinction dynamics, but limited data have hindered our ability to test hypotheses …

The Caribbean archipelago is a hotspot of biodiversity characterized by a high rate of
extinction. Recent studies have examined these losses, but the causes of the Antillean Late …

The Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) can be used to classify alien
taxa according to the magnitude and type of their environmental impacts. The EICAT …

Bats are often unfairly depicted as the direct culprit in the current COVID-19 pandemic, yet
the real causes of this and other zoonotic spillover events should be sought in the human …

Cuba is an ecological rarity in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Its complex political
and economic history shows limited disturbances, extinctions, pollution, and resource …

Bahamian hutias (Geocapromys ingrahami) are the only endemic terrestrial mammal in The
Bahamas and are currently classified as a vulnerable species. Drawing on …

The insular radiation of hutias is remarkable among mammals for its high rate of extinction
during the Holocene (~ 58% of species), yet fragments of intact habitat throughout the West …

Native flora and fauna of Puerto Rico have a long biogeographic connection to South
America. Theory and empirical evidence suggest that islands, particularly those distantly …

Many alien species are safe in their native ranges, but some are threatened. This creates a
conundrum for conservation and invasion science. We analyzed the distributions …

Nesophontes is an extinct, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Greater Antilles. Within this
genus, the Cuban taxa have a challenging taxonomic history. The dichotomy in the …