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IUCN Species of the Day: Luristan Newt

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  Photo credit: Twan Leenders   The Luristan Newt, Neurergus kaiseri, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It is a small species, reaching only 13cm in length, and is found in the Luristan Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Asiatic Black Bear

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  Photo credit: Jagdeep Rajput   The Asiatic Black Bear, (‘Moon Bear’), Ursus thibetanus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It has a patchy range roughly coinciding with forest distribution from southeastern Iran, through Continue Reading