• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™

    A users' guide to The IUCN Red List web site


    03 April 2009 -
    In October 2008, the IUCN Red List web site was given a brand new look. The new site has more functionality than ever before. This also means that the site has more detailed search pages that...
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  • Tail fin of Western Gray Whale (photo: Alexander Burdin)

    Endangered whales are crossing the Pacific


    09 January 2012 -
    Two female western gray whales, Agent and Varvara, left the coast of Russia late last year and are now half-way across the Gulf of Alaska. For the second consecutive year, an international...
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  • Yellow Presba (Syncordulia gracilis). 2008 IUCN Red List status: Vulnerable (photo: Michael Samways)

    The IUCN Red List—Nature’s early warning system


    09 January 2012 -
    How can we save biodiversity if we don’t know the threats facing our species and what the priorities are? The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is going from...
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  • Mekong River (photo: International Rivers - Flickr)

    EAZA-IUCN SSC Southeast Asia campaign launched


    08 January 2012 -
    The wildlife of Southeast Asia is beautiful and mysterious but under threat. To help raise awareness and conservation funds for selected threatened animals in Southeast Asia, the...
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  • Pygmy Hippo, Choeropsis liberiensis (photo: Tracy Lee)

    Out of sight, not out of mind


    08 January 2012 -
    The mysterious life of the Pygmy Hippo in the jungle of West Africa is being uncovered in an SOS-funded conservation project to save the species from extinction. Pygmy...
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