Tag: Atlantic Ocean

IUCN Species of the Day: Common Skate

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  Photo credit: Paul Kay   The Common Skate, Dipturus batis, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The largest European ray, growing to at least two metres in length, it is found in Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: European Eel

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  Photo credit: Biopix.dk: N Sloth   The European Eel, Anguilla anguilla, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  It spends most of its life in European rivers which flow into the Atlantic, Mediterranean Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Staghorn Coral

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    Photo credit: Pat Miller   The Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  With its sister species, A. palmate, it used to be one of the major reef-builders Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: North Atlantic Right Whale

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Photo credit: Jessica Taylor The North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Historically, it was common on both sides of the Atlantic; today, this whale appears to be effectively Continue Reading