IUCN Species of the Day: Burrowe’s Giant Glass Frog

  Photo credit: Tim Krynak   The Burrowes’ Giant Glass Frog, Centrolene ballux, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It can be found in humid mountain forests in the Saloya River Valley in Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Saola

Photo credit: David Hulse   The Saola, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Restricted to a narrow area on the border between Vietnam and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, this unusual Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Dwarf Olive Ibis

  Photo credit: Nick Borrow   The Dwarf Olive Ibis, Bostrychia bocagei, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Found only on the island of São Tomé, it may now number fewer than 250 Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: African Golden Cat

   Photo credit: Terry Whittaker/Arkive   The African Golden Cat, Caracal aurata, is listed as ‘NEAR THREATENED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  It is found in the tropical rainforests of equatorial Africa, where it plays an important Continue Reading

Organization of the Day: Bonobo Conservation Initiative

Due to the hostile nature of Congo’s war-ravaged lands, the number of remaining Bonobos apes is one that is hard to pinpoint, and as a result there is no true approximation of their population size today. We are aware of Continue Reading