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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Have You Hugged Your Monkey Today? Nearly a quarter of wild mammal species are in danger of extinction		06 Oct 2008	News
Posted at 10:52 AM on 06 Oct 2008 Some 21 percent of the world's 5,487 known wild mammal species are in danger of extinction, according to the updated Red List maintained by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. (Steller sea lions and tigers and giant pandas, oh no!) "Our results paint a bleak picture of the global status of mammals worldwide," say researchers, notin ...
Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, lists, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

A Penguin for Your Thoughts Penguin declines don't bode well for the rest of us		01 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 3:49 PM on 01 Jul 2008 Penguin populations are declining, which is bad news not just for the tuxedoed birds but for, well, the world in general. A new scientific review published in the journal BioScience shows that everywhere they live, penguins are suffering from a combination of climate change, ocean pollution, overfishing, tourism, and development. "Many penguins we thought would be safe because t ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, endangered species, news, scientific research, water pollution, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

Remember Wren? One in eight bird species may go extinct		19 May 2008	News
Posted at 3:04 PM on 19 May 2008 One in eight bird species is threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In the latest update of the IUCN's Red List of threatened species, 190 birds are designated "critically endangered"; eight of those were added this year. Sixteen other bird species were also moved to a higher level of threat on the list, while only two found their prospects ...
Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, lists, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

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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