IUCN Species of the Day: Burnup’s Hunter Slug

  Photo credit: Dai Hurbert   Burnup’s Hunter Slug, Chlamydephorus burnupi, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Marbled Cat

  Photo credit: Terry Whittaker   The Marbled Cat, Pardofelis marmorata, is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Solomon Island Palm Frog

  Photo credit: Stephen Richards   The Solomon Island Palm Frog, Palmatorappia solomonis, is listed as ‘VULERNABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM.

Feathered Extinction: Habitat Loss and Illegal Trade Threaten Doom for Africa’s Parrots, World Parrot Trust Africa to the Rescue!

Originally featured on 17 December, 2011. Parrots have the largest number of threatened species of all bird families. Over 100 of the 332 known parrot species are threatened with extinction in the wild, and the declines of about 78 of Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Otter Civet

  Photo credit: Mohamed & Wilting- SWD, SFD   The Otter Civet, Cynogale bennettii, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.