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 ...

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 ...

In another sign of the global biodiversity crisis, the IUCN Red List has added 715 species to its threatened categories of Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered in this year’s update. Some ...

On Dec. 10, the International Union for Conservation of Nature updated its Red List, an inventory of threatened species maintained by the organization and a critical indicator of the health of the ...

The latest update of the world's list of threatened animals and plant species, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, carried out by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) reveals ...

Nearly two in five sharks are threatened with extinction due to overfishing, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has warned in an update of the wildlife Red List that also listed ...

How do we know whether conservation actions are succeeding, or whether they are overwhelmed by human impacts on nature? While there is good evidence on the impact of conservation for individual ...

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 ...

Mark D Scherz is a member of the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group for Madagascar On the Red List, species are given a rank on a scale of least concern (no conservation action needed), near ...