• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™

    The IUCN Red List web site made easy: a users’ guide is now available!


    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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  • Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis has been added to Annex 1 of ACAP. Photo © Matt Knoth / Flickr.

    North Pacific Albatrosses added to ACAP


    06 November 2009 -
    The Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) have added the three North Pacific species of albatross, Short-tailed...
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  • Kihansi Spray Toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) Extinct in the Wild. Photo © Tim Herman.

    Extinction crisis continues apace


    03 November 2009 -
    The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ shows that 17,291 species out of the 47,677 assessed species are threatened with...
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  • Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) 2008 IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered. Photo © Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah.

    Leopards still hanging on in Yemen


    02 November 2009 -
    Two field trips were made to Yemen to look for signs of remaining Arabian leopards, to train local scientists, and to develop a national leopard survey strategy. Yemen is a...
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  • Madagascar baobabs
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmontesi/66753981/

    Our Planet Reviewed


    02 November 2009 -
    On the eve of 2010, International Year of Biodiversity, the National Museum of Natural History and Pro-Natura International are working in partnership with IUCN to launch “Our Planet...
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