Photo credit: Jose Nunez-Mino The Hispaniolan Solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is a large shrew-like animal and one of very few mammals capable of producing toxic saliva, which it injects into its invertebrate prey through groves in its incisors. Mainly found in [...]
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IUCN Species of the Day: Raso Lark
Photo credit: Edwin Winkel The Raso Lark, Alauda razae, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. With a tiny population confined to a small island in the Cape Verde Islands, the diminutive Raso Lark is perilously close to extinction. As a result of the species’ restricted range, [...]
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IUCN Species of the Day: Axolotl
Photo credit: Ian Bride The Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This extraordinary species, which persists in a larval stage throughout its life, is restricted to an area of less than 10 square kilometres around Xochimilco on the southern edge of Mexico City. [...]
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IUCN Species of the Day: Kitti’s Hog-Nose Bat
Photo credit: Merlin D. Tuttle Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat, Craseonycteris thonglongyai, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. Also known as the Bumblebee Bat, this tiny species from west-central Thailand and south-east Myanmar, is the world’s smallest known mammal and the only member of the family Craseonycteridae. Since its [...]
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Introducing the Bush Warriors Rhino Sanctuary In South Africa
Over the last 4 year we have steadily seen the increase in rhino poaching in [...]
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