danger of extinction

Despite the many new animal species discovered by scientists in the 21st century, many others have sadly become extinct. The actions of humans have been a major contributing factor to this loss

An international team of researchers has now uncovered evidence to suggest that this mass extinction was not a single event

In a moment of global importance that gives a second chance at survival to a nearly extinct species, 10 eastern koalas were released into the 400-hectare Barrington Peaks National Park

The Red List of threatened species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) presented an update about threatened species, according to the category in which they are defined

The IUCN) has presented during the World Conservation Congress, which is held these days in Marseille (France), an update of its Red List of endangered animals, a world reference in the matter of biodiversity.