India’s Red List assessment of 1,211 birds underway; initial review of 100 birds complete

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (established in 1964) is the world’s most comprehensive inventory tracking the global ...
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Nearly Half of Reef-Building Corals Now Face Elevated Extinction Risk, Global Red List Reassessment Finds

A comprehensive IUCN Red List reassessment of 892 reef-building coral species finds that 44 percent face elevated relative ...
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Emperor Penguins Are Now Endangered, a New Assessment Finds

Populations are declining as climate change causes the sea ice the birds need for survival to retreat, according to researchers. By Rachel Nuwer Emperor penguins, the world’s largest and perhaps most ...
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Nearly one-third of fungi on IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Some 279 fungi species face extinction due to land use change for farming and urbanization, while another 91 species are at risk from agricultural ...