Mammal news
SOS Call for Proposals now open
The first SOS Call for Proposals is now open, accepting Threatened Species and Rapid Action Grants. Deadline for applications is August 12, 2011. | Chinese
27 Jun 2011 | News story
A grain of hope in the desert
The regal Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), which was hunted to near extinction, is now facing a more secure future according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Its wild… | French | Spanish
16 Jun 2011 | News story
Illegal bear bile trade rampant in Asia
Poaching and illegal trade of bears, driven largely by the demand for bile, used in traditional medicine and folk remedies continues unabated across Asia on a large scale, a new report by TRAFFIC, a…
11 May 2011 | News story
Raoul du Toit awarded Goldman Environmental Prize
Raoul du Toit, IRF African Rhino Program Coordinator, and member ofthe IUCN SSC African RhinoSpecialist Group, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. The Prize recognizes…
12 Apr 2011 | News story
Africa’s rhinos face worst poaching crisis in decades
Well-equipped, sophisticated organized crime syndicates have killed more than 800 African rhinos in the past three years - just for their horns. With the most serious poaching upsurge in South…
25 Mar 2011 | News story
Mystery of Brown Bears in Syria
Various written accounts and artefacts indicate that the Syrian Bear (Ursus arctos syriacus), a subspecies of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), once ranged throughout the Middle East, as far south as…
18 Feb 2011 | News story
Suleman Markhor spotted in the mountain range of Ziarat
Ziarat, October 29, 2010 (IUCN) – IUCN Pakistan Ziarat undertook the first ever survey of wildlife focusing on wild ungulates inhabiting the area. The purpose of the survey was to confirm occurrence…
29 Nov 2010 | International news release
Nature’s backbone at risk
The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. However, the situation would be worse were it not for current global… | French | Spanish
27 Oct 2010 | International news release
IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group response to Nunavut listing decision
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) is concerned about the Government of Nunavut’s recent decision not to support the proposed listing of polar bears as a…
10 Jun 2010 | News story
Mass mortality among saigas in Kazakhstan: 12,000 dead
Nearly 12,000 Critically Endangered saiga antelopes have been found dead over the last week in the Ural population in western Kazakhstan.
28 May 2010 | International news release
