Two Animals Saved from Extinction
June 20th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Amidst all the stories of biodiversity loss are some conservation success stories of animals that have been saved.
The animal that might have inspired the unicorn stories, the Arabian Oryx, is once again gracing the Arabian Peninsular, according to the IUCN. A-grain-of-hope-in-the-desert Hunted till it was extinct in t...
Tags: Arabian Oryx, Conservation, Durrell, IUCN
December 13th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Conservation
Scientists are in the midst of creating a strategy that will help us to better understand and map threatened ecosystems. An international working group of...
Tags: Climate Change, Conservation, ecosystem, IUCN, Red List
October 27th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
A study just publicized by the IUCN confirms that there is a current global extinction crisis with one-fifth of our world’s vertebrate (backboned) animal species threatened. The...
Tags: biodiversity, black footed ferret, Conservation, crisis, E O Wilson, extinction, IUCN, Nagoya, Red List
June 7th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Endangered Species
The Alaotra Grebe of Madagascar is the latest addition to a growing list of extinct bird species. According to The Guardian, the Wetland bird was drive...
Tags: Alaotra Grebe, Birdlife International, birds, IUCN, National Zoo, Red List, White-Naped Crane, Zapata Rail
