The Latest Breaking News from IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said hedgehog numbers are thought to have shrunk in more than half the countries where they live.

Why have Atlantic salmon populations dropped so dramatically in British rivers, and is fish farming to blame?

Tanya Plibersek claims Labor is protecting 52% of its ocean territory, but experts say that is ‘misleading’

British high commissioner backs plan to shoot scores of endangered animals but conservationists warn of ‘dangerous precedent’

Across Australia and around the world, citizen scientists are protecting species by recording sightings, surveying landscapes and collecting samples. No job is too big or too small. As wildlife ecologists, we are indebted to this army of volunteers.

In March 2023, temperatures in eastern Senegal soared to 40°C, with the cooling rains still months away. Yet, for the dedicated field team from the NGO Panthera – committed to global feline conservation – and the Direction des parcs nationaux du Sénégal (DPN) (Senegal National Parks team), led by Mouhamadou…

Animals are disappearing too fast for researchers to record all of the extinctions we've caused.

Letter: Will Travers of the Born Free Foundation says we should all strive for ethically acceptable ways to deliver effective conservation and sustainable livelihoods

The baby loggerhead sea turtles emerged from their eggshells and began their first challenge in life: a wobbly dash across the sand to the moonlit waters of Turkey's Mediterranean coast -- sometimes with a helping hand from volunteers.

Over 1,000 new species have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s “red list” as invasive species, climate change and human activities such as illicit trade and infrastructure development threaten certain animal and plant species with extinction

Long listed as one of the world's rarest cats, the IUCN no longer classifies the Iberian lynx as endangered