About a fifth of reptile species - from the Galapagos tortoises to the Komodo dragon of the Indonesian islands, from West Africa's rhinoceros viper to India's gharial - are threatened with ...

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 ...

A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said ...

But many scientists are sceptical of the ethics behind such costly “de-extinction” efforts. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Of these, over 46,300 species are threatened with extinction. Each species also has a category from the IUCN related to their estimated population that ranges from least concern to extinct.

The new report updates the “Red List of Threatened Species,” identifying 30,178 species as threatened with extinction out of 112,432 assessed (27%). The list is a limited sampling of species on the ...

According to a global assessment that reviewed 8,000 species of amphibians, 41% are now being threatened with extinction. Compared to 2004, about 39% of the species were threatened. Fox News Media ...

Using novel machine-learning techniques, researchers found that of the 1,889 species of palms with enough data to investigate, more than half (56%) may be threatened with extinction.

Of those, 700 are threatened with extinction. Jane Smart, head of IUCN’s Centre for Science and Data, said it will take political will to save the jeopardized species, and the gravity of the new ...

Scientists and governments are calling for the strongest international protections yet for sharks and rays, citing unsustainable trade as a key threat.

Finding a species to be threatened with extinction means it has been evaluated as "critically endangered," "endangered" or "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ...

A total of 11% to 16% of native tree species were determined to be threatened with extinction, most often due to pests and diseases. One of the most dramatic findings was that 17 of the threatened ...