• 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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  • The newly discovered flower system (photo: Marika Tuiwawa)

    New plant discovered in Fiji


    20 January 2012 -
    A new flowering plant belonging to the Medinilla plant group has been discovered in the highlands of Matasawalevu village, on the island of Kadavu in Fiji. The plant was found...
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  • Andean Poison Frog (Photo: Robin Moore, CI)

    Hope in a hotspot – on a mission to save frogs in Colombia


    18 January 2012 -
    In Colombia, work is under way to save a group of species whose fate is intimately linked with our own. Amphibians—frogs, toads, salamanders and the lesser-known...
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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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  • 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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