The Latest Breaking News from IUCN

The buzz phrase aims to be for biodiversity what ‘net zero’ is for climate campaigning. Yet some fear it is too vague, and open to greenwashing

IUCN sounds alarm over growing extinction threat to large marine mammals, abalone species and Caribbean corals.

The dolphin’s decline is a stark illustration of the global biodiversity crisis and the challenges of conservation.

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites.

Nearly extinct in the 1980s, an intensive programme to reverse the bird’s decline has made it a conservation success story

Brussels’ plan to oppose a ban on trade in hippopotamus products puts species at risk, says letter signed by states, including Mali, Niger and Senegal

Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are venomous snakes found throughout the southeastern U.S. that can be identified by the white color in their mouths.

The Royal Commission for AlUla is participating in the leaders forum for the International Union for Conservation of Nature in the South Korean island of Jeju. The two-day IUCN Leaders Summit that kicked off on Thursday will discuss mechanisms for conserving biodiversity, restoring natural habitats, and discussing ways of cooperation…

Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists