The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. Many factors are taken into account when assessing ...

The Cape vulture, Southern Africa’s only endemic vulture species, has shown positive signs of recovery in some parts of its range, with the overall population stabilizing. In 2021, the species’ ...

The IUCN will soon be launching the IUCN Green Status of Species, a new assessment tool that will illuminate the ecological functionality of species within their ranges, and also show how much a ...

Data show success in conserving species at greatest risk of extinction, but limited biodiversity recovery Targeted conservation actions are essential to prevent wildlife extinctions, but more efforts ...

Ursula Von der Leyen calls for action as attacks on livestock prompt rise in complaints from farmers The EU is to review the conservation status of wolves on the continent after a remarkable comeback ...

We now know more about the threats affecting birds than ever before. The latest update to the State of the World’s Birds report reveals that almost all birds have now been given a conservation status, ...

In a landscape where conservation attention often follows large mammals, an Old World arboreal spider, its sapphire body too ...