• 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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  • Mother cub snow leopard (photo: John Stahl)

    Big boost for wildlife conservation: 23 new SOS projects


    09 February 2012 -
    Top wildlife experts from around the world have allocated $US 3.3 million to 23 species conservation projects. Gorillas, cockatoos, and frogs are some of the many...
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  • Rostkovia magellanica in the South Georgia. Photo: UKOTs Online Herbarium (2011), published on the internet at http://dps.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/UKOT (07.02.2012)

    UKOTs Online Herbarium


    09 February 2012 -
    The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, an IUCN Member, have launched the UKOTs Online Herbarium. It is a species and specimens database containing plant diversity information for all UK Overseas...
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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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