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

Tattoo of the Day

Tattoo by Petri Syrjälä.

IUCN Species of the Day: São Tomé Giant Treefrog

  Photo credit: D. Lin, California Academy of Sciences   The São Tomé Giant Treefrog, Hyperolius thomensis, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  The largest member of its genus, this remarkable species is endemic Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Fossa

  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

IUCN Species of the Day: Garrison’s Andean Damsel

  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