Wildlife Conservation Organization
Photo credit: Ariadne Van Zandbergen The Fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is the largest mammalian carnivore on Madagascar, and has a wide distribution in the less disturbed Continue Reading
Photo credit: Natalia von Ellenreider The Garrison’s Andean Damsel, Andinagrion garrisoni, is listed as ‘NEAR THREATENED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This damselfly species is known only from northwestern Argentina, in the southern limits of Continue Reading
Photo credit: Jose Nunez-Mino The Hispaniolan Solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is a large shrew-like animal and one of very few mammals capable of producing toxic saliva, Continue Reading
Photo credit: Jonathon C. Eames The White-shouldered Ibis, Pseudibis davisoni, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. Having suffered dramatic declines over much of its former range during the course of the Continue Reading
Photo credit: Neil Cumberlidge The Purple Marsh Crab, Afrithelphusa monodosa, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This species was first collected in 1947 in Guinea, West Africa, and not seen again until Continue Reading