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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Trouble a-Bruin Six of world's eight bear species under threat of extinction		12 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 12:01 PM on 12 Nov 2007 Pop quiz: Can you name the world's eight bear species? (Answer: American black, Asiatic black, brown, polar, panda, sun, sloth, and Andean. Gummy and Care are not acceptable answers.) Six of those eight are under threat of extinction, as the sun bear today joined four of its bear-ethren in the "vulnerable" classification on the World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened ...
Topics: endangered species, lists, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

Seeing Red Nearly 200 species added to World Conservation Union's Red List		12 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 6:16 PM on 12 Sep 2007 The World Conservation Union has added 188 animals and plants to its Red List, a tally of the flora and fauna most threatened with extinction. The additions bring the depressing total up to 16,306 species -- and that's a low estimate. Ten Galapagos Island coral species joined their endangered brethren on the list for the first time; the African lowland gorilla (it of our favorite species ...
Topics: endangered species, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

The Threat Set Polar bear and hippo added to list of at-risk species		02 May 2006	Daily Grist
The Threat Set Polar bear and hippo added to list of at-risk species Animals and plants considered threatened with extinction now number 16,119, including 20 percent of assessed shark and ray species, the polar bear, and the common (no-longer-happy) hippopotamus. So says the latest Red List of Threatened Species, produced after two years of study by the World Conservation Union (confusingly acronymed IUCN). ...
Topics: Congo, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

Better Red Than Dead Annual 'Red List' of threatened species says lots of species are threatened		17 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Better Red Than Dead Annual "Red List" of threatened species says lots of species are threatened The World Conservation Union released its annual Red List of threatened species today, and it ain't pretty. Some 15,589 species -- 7,266 animals and 8,323 plants and lichens -- are in danger, up more than 3,000 from just last year. Nearly an eighth of all birds, a quarter of mammals, a third of amphibians, and half ...
Topics: wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

This Exstinks Number of Threatened Species May Be Drastically Underestimated		10 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
This Exstinks Number of Threatened Species May Be Drastically Underestimated The number of species in danger of extinction may be some 50 percent higher than currently estimated, according to a new study in the journal Science. The International Conservation Union's Red List cites 12,200 species teetering on the brink, but researchers say at least 6,300 may be "co-endangered," meaning their survival depends on ...
Topics: wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers		06 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers Invasive species are wreaking havoc on African wetlands to the tune of billions of dollars per year, according to a new study by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). For example, the water hyacinth, introduced from the Amazon Basin as an ornamental plant, has spread to most of Africa's lakes and rivers, choking out ...
Topics: Africa, lakes, marine life, rivers and watersheds, Texas, wetlands, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

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