Conservation Biology, Vol. 21, No. 5 (Oct., 2007), pp. 1324-1332 (9 pages) A World Conservation Union (IUCN) regional red list is an objective assessment of regional extinction risk and is not the ...

Three Arctic seal species have moved closer to extinction, as rapid sea ice loss continues to erode their breeding and ...

The number of threatened species on the IUCN Red List has grown by 352 since this summer, according to an update released today. Currently, 21,286 species are now listed as threatened with extinction ...

One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially, the IUCN said as it released its latest Red List of ...

IUCN flags the Western Ghats due to climate change, tourism, and hydropower threats, jeopardizing its rich biodiversity.

Arlington, Virginia (Sept. 12, 2007) – For the first time in history, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes ocean corals in its annual report of wildlife going extinct. A comprehensive ...

The Indian Roller, or palapitta, Telangana’s state bird, has been moved to the ‘Near Threatened’ category on the IUCN Red ...

In October, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially removed the species from its endangered list ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

By Elodie Toto There are only about 350 mature leopards left in West Africa, according to the latest regional assessment by ...

Conservation efforts in New Zealand to save the flightless kiwi bird have paid off, with two species – the Northern brown and the rowi – no longer at a high risk of extinction. The latest update to ...