IUCN Species of the Day: Social Wrasse

    Photo credit: Dr. Luiz Rocha   The Social Wrasse, Halichoeres socialis, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED‘ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Lesser Antillean Iguana

  Photo credit: Charles Knapp   The Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana delicatissima, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Doumergue’s Skink

Photo credit: Robert Sindaco Doumergue’s Skink, Chalcides parallelus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

Species of the Day: West African Manatee

  Photo credit: Tomas Diagne, Oceanium Dakar   The West African Manatee, Trichechus senegalensis, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM.

IUCN Species of the Day: Black Abalone

  Photo credit: Genevieve Anderson   The Black Abalone, Haliotis cracherodii, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  This large marine mollusc is found in rocky intertidal and subtidal habitats on the coasts of Continue Reading