European native oyster ecosystems have been classified as a "collapsed" species, after an assessment of historical and ecological data revealed it has faced extreme decimation. The mollusk species has ...

HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Alipay Ant Forest and IUCN are ...

Released during COP28, the IUCN Red List Update in December 2023 highlights the increasing threat posed by climate change to biodiversity while focusing on assessments of freshwater fishes, Atlantic ...

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Some 279 fungi species face extinction due to land use change for farming and urbanization, while another 91 species are at risk from agricultural ...

More than half the world’s mangroves are at risk of collapse by 2050 in the face of sea level rise and worsening coastal storms, the first assessment of its kind has found. The International Union for ...

Scientists have updated the conservation status of hundreds of mammals in Argentina, adding previously unassessed species and revising biodiversity threat levels. The assessment evaluated 417 native ...

Commenting on the update to the IUCN red list and the news that 16% of dragonfly species are at risk of extinction, Stuart Orr, WWF Global Freshwater Lead, said: “Today’s announcement about the global ...

The purple skimmer (Libellula jesseana) is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list. It's geographic range is in Florida. Nearly a fifth of the world's dragonflies and damselflies are at risk of ...

A man plants mangroves at a beach at Pekan Bada, Indonesia's Aceh province - Copyright AFP Roslan RAHMAN A man plants mangroves at a beach at Pekan Bada, Indonesia's ...