Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining ...

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published today in Oryx, warns that over 40% of more than 8,500 soil‑dependent species are at risk of extinction or Data‑Deficient on the IUCN ...

Thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface, creatures that have never been formally named are vanishing before scientists get the chance to study them. The latest IUCN Red List update reveals a ...

Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has revealed. In Australia, the numbat has improved status ...

The migratory monarch butterfly—the iconic subspecies common to North America—was declared endangered today by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global leading ...

Rare molluscs that could advance medicine and technology are increasingly at risk as seabed mineral extraction expands.