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

IUCN Species of the Day: Burrowe’s Giant Glass Frog

  Photo credit: Tim Krynak   The Burrowes’ Giant Glass Frog, Centrolene ballux, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It can be found in humid mountain forests in the Saloya River Valley in Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Ethiopian Wolf

  Photo credit: National Geographic   The Ethiopian Wolf, Canis simensis, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The wolves are found only in the Highlands of Ethiopia at altitudes above 3,500 m. They live Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Staghorn Coral

    Photo credit: Pat Miller   The Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  With its sister species, A. palmate, it used to be one of the major reef-builders Continue Reading