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: Tahiti Monarch

  Photo credit: Ron Hoff   The Tahiti Monarch, Pomarea nigra, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Restricted to the west coast of Tahiti, this small flycatcher numbers fewer than 50 individuals – Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Karkloof Blue Butterfly

  Photo credit: Sheng-Shan Lu   The Karkloof Blue, Orachrysops ariadne, is classified as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It is confined to a very special type of habitat, wood’s indigo, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. While Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Ceres Streamjack

  Photo credit: Michael Samways   The Ceres Streamjack, Metacnemis angusta, is classified as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It is a tiny damselfly that was first discovered in 1920, but was not seen again until Continue Reading