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IUCN Species of the Day: Nassau Grouper

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  Photo credit: Dean Uyeda   The Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This large reef fish is found in shallow waters of the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and the Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Sulawesi Coelacanth

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  Photo credit: Peter Scoones   The Sulawesi Coelacanth, Latimeria menadoensis, is classified as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  Coelacanths were thought to be extinct; however, in 1997 a discovery of Latimeria menadoensis was made off Continue Reading