IUCN Species of the Day: Solomon Island Palm Frog
Photo credit: Stephen Richards The Solomon Island Palm Frog, Palmatorappia solomonis, is listed as ‘VULERNABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM.
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Feathered Extinction: Habitat Loss and Illegal Trade Threaten Doom for Africa’s Parrots, World Parrot Trust Africa to the Rescue!
Originally featured on 17 December, 2011. Parrots have the largest number of threatened species of all bird families. Over 100 of the 332 known parrot species are threatened with extinction in the wild, and the declines of about 78 of Continue Reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Cainarachi Poison Frog
Photo credit: Kah-Heinz Jungfer The Cainarachi Poison Frog, Ameerega cainarachi, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This small poison frog is found only in the Cainarachi Valley in the northern part of Continue Reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Huemul
Photo credit: Rod Chile The Huemul, Hippocamelus bisulcus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Once widespread across the southern Andes and Patagonia, this deer now has a much more restricted range within southern Argentina Continue Reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Salvin’s Mushroomtongue Salamander
Photo credit: Ted Papenfuss Salvin’s Mushroomtongue Salamander, Bolitoglossa salvinii, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.