Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned on Thursday.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently updated its Red List of Threatened Species to include an ...

The IUCN announced inclusion of the fungus in the organization's latest red list of threatened species on July 9. The IUCN categorizes animals and plants according to their habitat and risk they ...

will continue to be classified as “endangered” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species while the organization awaits a revised scientific assessment. LTMs were listed as endangered in March 2022 ...

Three species of abalone found in waters around Japan are now on the Red List of threatened plants ... of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Overfishing, poaching and climate change were ...

At least 411 fungi face extinction among the 1,300 varieties whose conservation status is well understood, according to the latest update of the IUCN's authoritative "Red List of Threatened Species".