Extinction Countdown
Critically Endangered Purring Monkey and 1,900 Other Species Added to IUCN Red List
It took more than 30 years for science to formally identify the Caquetá titi monkey (Callicebus caquetensis) of Colombia as a new species. Now it probably won’t last another 30 years unless it is protected, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which on Tuesday added the monkey and more than 1,900 [...]
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Arabian Oryx Makes History as First Species to Be Upgraded from “Extinct in the Wild” to “Vulnerable”
June 17th, 2011 |
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The latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes an all-too-rare victory: The Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) has been upgraded from the Endangered category to Vulnerable. This is quite an achievement, because the species was extinct in the wild just a few decades ago. The last wild Arabian Oryx was shot in [...]
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