Mammals News
Biodiversity loss – it will make you sick
A new generation of antibiotics, new treatments for thinning bone disease and kidney failure, and new cancer treatments may all stand to be lost unless the world acts to reverse the present alarming rate of biodiversity loss a new landmark book says. …
23 Apr 2008 | News - Press Release
Review of Options for Managing the Impacts of Locally Overabundant African Elephants
Some of the most important decisions in wildlife management in Africa revolve around elephants. …
20 Mar 2008 | News - News story
Body part by body part, Sumatran Tigers are being sold into extinction
Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being offered on open sale in Indonesia, according to a TRAFFIC report launched today. …
13 Feb 2008 | News - Press Release
Grupo de Especialistas en Camélidos Sudamericanos lanza su sitio web
El sitio web brindará información sobre las actividades que realiza este grupo, compuesto por alrededor de 20 especialistas de reconocida trayectoria. Para visitarlo, ingrese a: http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/gecs …
12 Feb 2008 | News - News story
Discovery: First New Species Of Giant Elephant-Shrew In 126 Years
Dr. Galen Rathbun, Chair of the IUCN/SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group, and a team of collaborators confirmed the existence of a new species, Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi, in the mountains of Tanzania. …
31 Jan 2008 | News - News story
Seventy-five percent of bear species threatened with extinction
Six out of the world’s eight species of bears are threatened with extinction, according to recent assessments by the IUCN Bear and Polar Bear Specialist Groups. Asia and South America are revealed as the areas most in need of urgent conservation action … | French | Spanish
12 Nov 2007 | News - Press Release
Primates in peril
Extinction threat growing for mankind’s closest living relatives …
26 Oct 2007 | News - Press Release
One in six European mammals threatened with extinction shows new IUCN assessment
The first assessment of all European mammals, commissioned by the European Commission and carried out by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), shows that nearly one in every six mammal species is now threatened with extinction. …
22 May 2007 | News - Press Release
