Dak lak: A recent biodiversity survey has uncovered a trove of rare and endangered species at the Ea So Nature Reserve and the Krong Nang Watershed Protection Forest Management Board in the central province of Dak Lak. After more than two months of field surveys and camera trapping expeditions, researchers documented 789 species of vascular plants across 148 families and 494 genera, including one classified as critically endangered, nine endangered, and 11 near threatened.

According to Vietnam News Agency, experts also catalogued 179 bird species from 19 orders and 54 families, eight of which appear in Vietnam’s Red Book. In addition, 30 mammal species were recorded, with 22 considered threatened nationally. The survey also identified 48 reptile and amphibian species from 12 families and two orders, with 22 carrying the Red Book status.