At a glanceIcons like the African forest elephant, Tapanuli orangutan, and vaquita are among the most imperiled, squeezed by habitat loss, poaching/bycatch, disease, and tiny population size.Not all news is bad: targeted actions (e.g., predator-proof fencing for the northern hairy-nosed wombat) can...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species (or IUCN Red List, referred to as the Red Book) was compiled in 1963 and is the most comprehensive list of the current conservation status of animal and plant species in the world. This list is compiled and main...