• 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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  • Kuroiwa's Ground Gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae) Photo: Hidetoshi Ota

    Almost one in five reptiles are struggling to survive


    15 February 2013 -
    Nineteen percent of the world’s reptiles are estimated to be threatened with extinction, states a paper published today by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in conjunction with...
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  • Leptophis mexicanus. Photo: Philip Bowles

    Year of the Snake


    14 February 2013 -
    This week, Chinese New Year celebrations mark the beginning of the Year of the Snake and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is celebrating snakes and their importance for...
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  • Vice-Presidents of IUCN 2013-2016: Mr. Malik Amin Aslam Khan, Pakistan; Mr. Miguel Pellerano, Argentina; Dr John Robinson, USA; and Ms Marina von Weissenberg, Finland. (Top row then bottom row l-r) Photo: IUCN

    IUCN Council appoints Vice-Presidents for 2013-16


    13 February 2013 -
    Mr. Malik Amin Aslam Khan (Pakistan), Mr. Miguel Pellerano (Argentina), Dr John Robinson (USA) and Ms Marina von Weissenberg (Finland), have been named Vice-Presidents of...
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  • Sergei Bereznuk, a Russian conservationist and ecologist, is committed to saving the Amur tiger. Photo: Rolex Awards/Mark Latzel

    Tiger conservation supported by 2012 Rolex Award


    31 January 2013 -
    Sergei Bereznuk is a recipient of a 2012 Rolex Award for Enterprise that will support the conservation of the Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris ssp. altaica), which is listed...
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