IUCN Species of the Day: Lord Howe Island Stick Insect

  Photo credit: Paul Brock   The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect, Dryococelus australis, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It is known only from Lord Howe Island and Ball’s Pyramid, a volcanic Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Santiago Galapagos Mouse

  Photo credit: Donna Harris   The Santiago Galapagos Mouse, Nesoryzomys swarthi, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Believed extinct until its rediscovery in 1997, this species occurs only in a small area of Continue Reading