Science news articles about 'world conservation union'

... been reported as extinct, though a quarter of the 220 species evaluated by the World Conservation Union are listed as threatened. The conspicuous absence of the devastating chytrid fungus only serves ...

... ," said Rick Hudson, TSA co-chair and Fort Worth Zoo conservation biologist. Listed at the top of the World Conservation Union’s Red List, the Yangtze giant softshell turtle is the ...

... implications for the conservation of chimpanzees, which are classed as Endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), as well as Critically Endangered gorillas. Ape tourism has been heralded as a ...

... of these combined threats, WCS proposes that the kipunji should be classified by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as "critically endangered" – which means it is threatened with extinction in the ...

... suffered a grave decline in the twentieth century and is among those considered by the World Conservation Union to be in critical danger of extinction. The project has permitted the documenting of ...

... as Epinephelus quinquefasciatus. E. itajara is currently listed as critically endangered to extinction in the World Conservation Union's Red List of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora. Due to its ...

... the Ituri Forest in northern DR Congo. They are classified as Near Threatened by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and are at risk primarily from habitat destruction. The photograph was taken ...

... young Overfishing threatens to drive a third of the world's open-ocean shark species to extinction ... list for oceanic sharks produced by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Sharks are vulnerable because ...

... The European common skate, Dipturus batis, has been on the World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened Species since 2006, with France currently being responsible for 60.2% ...