IUCN Species of the Day: Sahara Aphanius

  Photo credit: Heiko Kaerst   The Sahara Aphanius, Aphanius saourensis, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Pale-Headed Brush-Finch

  Photo credit: A. Soronza   The Pale-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes pallidiceps, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Mountain Pygmy-Possum

  Photo credit: Linda Broome   The Mountain Pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

Not Another Dodo: The Success of Saving the World’s Most Endangered Parrot

In the late 1980s, the Mauritian Parakeet (Psittacula eques), also called the Echo Parakeet, was considered the most endangered parrot on earth.  By that time, researchers, who had become really good at finding them, could only account for four or Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Axolotl

  Photo credit: Ian Bride   The Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This extraordinary species, which persists in a larval stage throughout its life, is restricted to an area Continue Reading