Species
Body pop for polar bears! IUCN Member launches 'Creative Climate Change Challenge' for young people
Wildlife charity Wildscreen, an IUCN Member, has launched a creative communications competition to raise awareness amongst young people about animals and plants affected by climate change. …
22 Feb 2012 | News story
Turning the red carpet green
IUCN has the honour this week of welcoming its new Patron of Nature, HRH Prince Carl Philip of Sweden to the organisation’s headquarters, accompanied by IUCN Goodwill Ambassador Mattias Klum. …
21 Feb 2012 | News story
Green Turtle nesting boom in Philippines
A turtle baby boom on the Baguan Island of Turtle Islands in the Philippines has produced a record 1.4 million eggs according to Conservation International (CI) Philippines citing figures from the Department of Environment and Resources (DENR). …
18 Feb 2012 | News story
Love you for life: Monogamous species celebrate Valentine’s Day
What do gibbons, swans, wolves, French Angelfish, and albatrosses have in common? This Valentine’s Day they will all be celebrating with their life-long partners—these species are some of the few creatures that mate for life. … | French
11 Feb 2012 | News story
New Re-introduction Case Studies Published
Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011, is the third book in a series of case study publications from the IUCN SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group (RSG). Covering 24 different countries and a range of taxonomic groups, the case studies provide valuable advice that will benefit future re-introduction projects. …
10 Feb 2012 | News story
UKOTs Online Herbarium
The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, an IUCN Member, have launched the UKOTs Online Herbarium. It is a species and specimens database containing plant diversity information for all UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and geographically related islands. …
07 Feb 2012 | News story
New plant discovered in Fiji
A new flowering plant belonging to the Medinilla plant group has been discovered in the highlands of Matasawalevu village, on the island of Kadavu in Fiji. The plant was found during a biodiversity assessment of the Nakasaleka district carried out as part of IUCN’s Water and Nature Initiative (WANI). …
19 Jan 2012 | News story
Raising the profile of Tapirs
Getting support from the general public for conservation projects can be hard when people know nothing about the species you are trying to protect. Patrícia Medici, Chair of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group has been working with great enthusiasm to raise the profile of the Lowland Tapir in Brazil with some exciting and novel events.
18 Jan 2012 | News story
Hope in a hotspot – on a mission to save frogs in Colombia
In Colombia, work is under way to save a group of species whose fate is intimately linked with our own. …
12 Jan 2012 | News story
New IUCN Red List map browser: visualize and explore
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ website has a brand new feature designed to facilitate the exploration and visualization of species distribution ranges. …
11 Jan 2012 | News story
