Invertebrate News
Action to tackle Southeast Asia’s Extinction Crisis
Southeast Asia hosts a high proportion of the world’s uniquely diverse fauna and flora, but key threats in the region such as habitat loss, hunting and trade continue to drive much of its wildlife…
17 Sep 2013 | International news release
IUCN Red List Training Course Now Online
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. The IUCN Red…
13 Sep 2013 | News story
The Duke of Cambridge and IUCN unite for wildlife
As part of his latest conservation initiative, The Duke of Cambridge brings together an unprecedented collaboration between the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry,…
12 Sep 2013 | International news release
World’s oldest and largest species in decline – IUCN Red List
The latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ shows worrying declines for conifers – the world’s oldest and largest organisms – freshwater shrimps, cone snails and the Yangtze Finless… | French | Spanish | Dutch
02 Jul 2013 | International news release
Surprise species at risk from climate change
Most species at greatest risk from climate change are not currently conservation priorities, finds an IUCN study that introduces a pioneering method to assess the vulnerability of species to climate… | French | Spanish
12 Jun 2013 | International news release
EU countries must do more to protect biodiversity
European Union countries should step up their conservation efforts and fully implement the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 to prevent species from going extinct, according to a recent analysis of… | French | Spanish
02 May 2013 | News story
Endemic Island Grasshoppers highly threatened
During the 2012 IUCN Red List updates, IUCNRed List assessments of all endemic grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets (Orthoptera) of the Canary Islands and the Seychelles have been published.…
08 Apr 2013 | Article
Rediscovery of two rare mantid species in Morocco
A team of Italian and Moroccan scientists has recently rediscovered two mantid species, which have not been recorded for 60 years.
28 Feb 2013 | Article
Secrets of world’s richest marine area revealed
A new study finds that sea surface temperature, as well as the size and variety of habitats are the main factors responsible for the proliferation of marine life in the Coral Triangle – the most… | Chinese
21 Feb 2013 | International news release
Pangolin takes top spot
Early in 2012, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ Facebook page was launched. Featuring a new Amazing Species every week and sharing the latest IUCN Red List news, the page is a new way for…
19 Dec 2012 | Article
