IUCN Species of the Day: Maned Sloth

  Photo credit: Kevin Schafer   The Maned Sloth, Bradypus torquatus, is classified as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It is only found in the remaining fragments of the Atlantic Forest of eastern and northeastern Brazil. Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Basking Shark

  Photo credit: C. Hood   The Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It gets its name from its habit of ‘basking’ while surface foraging to filter out its planktonic Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Giant Garter Snake

  Photo credit: Gary Nafis   The Giant Garter Snake, Thamnophis gigas, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The largest of the garter snake species, this highly aquatic snake occurs in the Central Valley Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Round Island Skink

  Photo credit: Nik Cole   The Round Island Skink, Leiolopisma telfairii, is classified as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is the largest surviving lizard of a diverse and unique community of reptiles that once Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Tehuantepec Jackrabbit

  Photo credit: Tamara Riola Paradela   The Tehuantepec Jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Found only in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where it has been reduced to Continue Reading