The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) produces an annual Red List of species threatened with extinction. Experts estimate that between 21 and 36% of mammal species are threatened ...

Serena, a dugong, swims at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Japan on Sept. 5, 2012. Populations of the vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now ...

The listing underlines the impact of climate change on Antarctica, which is posing an existential threat to wildlife with ...

Scientists have updated the conservation status of hundreds of mammals in Argentina, adding previously unassessed species and revising biodiversity threat levels. The assessment evaluated 417 native ...

ABU DHABI - The world’s top conservation body is holding its world congress starting on Thursday in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi and will unveil its updated “red list” of threatened species. The ...

HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Alipay Ant Forest and IUCN are ...

A red abalone is surrounded by a barren of purple sea urchins. (Katie Sowul/California Department of Fish and Wildlife) All seven of the United States’ abalone species that live on the West Coast are ...

This year, at least six animal and insect species moved to the Extinct category of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Argentine Society for the Study of Mammals reviews the national IUCN Red List of mammal species the goal of better understanding population ...