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IUCN Species of the Day: Purple Marsh Crab

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  Photo credit: Neil Cumberlidge   The Purple Marsh Crab, Afrithelphusa monodosa, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This species was first collected in 1947 in Guinea, West Africa, and not seen again until Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Grandidier’s Baobab

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  Photo credit: Frans Lanting   Grandidier’s Baobab, Adansonia grandidieri, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This large and distinctive tree is found only on Madagascar, where it occurs in scattered locations in the Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Goliath Grouper

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Photo credit: Douglas David Seifert   The Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. As its name suggests, this large, stocky grouper is the second largest member of the grouper Continue Reading