The shortfin mako shark is on the brink of extinction due to overfishing, yet genetic analysis reveals that Atlantic ...

The most extensive global assessment of freshwater animals to date has revealed that a quarter of all freshwater animal species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction. The study found ...

The IUCN red list assessed 120,372 species, of which 32,441 species were designated as threatened with extinction. The latest red list still includes Pacific bluefin tuna and Japanese eel ...

Recently-released IUCN Red List assessments for slipper orchids from the temperate Northern Hemisphere show that a shocking 79% of species are threatened with extinction. Mike Fay, Head of Genetics ...

The University of New Mexico's Museum of Southwestern Biology, Natural Heritage New Mexico, and the New Mexico BioPark Society have announced the launch of a new website, the New Mexico Rare Arthropod ...

Land conversion is contributing to what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction ... species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List, including those designated as being of least ...

Between climate change and the effects of humanity on the environment, many species have been harmed. Here are a few of them ...

The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish, dragonfly, damselfly, crab, crayfish and ...

According to a study published in Nature magazine, a quarter of freshwater animals are at risk of extinction ... Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List – including fish, crabs ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List) is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity. It provides a list of species ...