IUCN Species of the Day: Pemba Featherleg

Photo credit: Viola Clausnitzer   The Pemba Featherleg, Platycnemis pembipes, is classified as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

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: Golden Dancing-Jewel

  Photo credit: K.-D.B. Dijkstra   The Golden Dancing-jewel, Platycypha auripes, is classified as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This species owes its name to its golden colour and to the dancing mating flights that males Continue Reading

Photo of the Day

“An Elephant’s Toilet Bowl Cleaner” Photo credit: Ivanova Goula